diff --git a/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 25154403..acb9a3a4 100644
--- a/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/SDWebImage.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 		531041DA157EAFA400BBABC3 /* UIButton+WebCache.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53922D93148C56230056699D /* UIButton+WebCache.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		531041DB157EAFA400BBABC3 /* UIImageView+WebCache.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53922D95148C56230056699D /* UIImageView+WebCache.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
 		531041DC157EAFA400BBABC3 /* MKAnnotationView+WebCache.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 535699B415113E7300A4C397 /* MKAnnotationView+WebCache.h */; settings = {ATTRIBUTES = (Public, ); }; };
+		53406750167780C40042B59E /* SDWebImageCompat.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 5340674F167780C40042B59E /* SDWebImageCompat.m */; };
 		53761309155AD0D5005750A4 /* SDImageCache.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53922D86148C56230056699D /* SDImageCache.m */; };
 		5376130A155AD0D5005750A4 /* SDWebImageDecoder.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53922D8A148C56230056699D /* SDWebImageDecoder.m */; };
 		5376130B155AD0D5005750A4 /* SDWebImageDownloader.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53922D8C148C56230056699D /* SDWebImageDownloader.m */; };
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
 		530E49E416460AE2002868E7 /* SDWebImageDownloaderOperation.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = SDWebImageDownloaderOperation.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		530E49E71646388E002868E7 /* SDWebImageOperation.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = SDWebImageOperation.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		531041E0157EAFA400BBABC3 /* libSDWebImage+MKAnnotation.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = archive.ar; includeInIndex = 0; path = "libSDWebImage+MKAnnotation.a"; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
+		5340674F167780C40042B59E /* SDWebImageCompat.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = SDWebImageCompat.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		535699B415113E7300A4C397 /* MKAnnotationView+WebCache.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = "MKAnnotationView+WebCache.h"; path = "SDWebImage/MKAnnotationView+WebCache.h"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		535699B515113E7300A4C397 /* MKAnnotationView+WebCache.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; name = "MKAnnotationView+WebCache.m"; path = "SDWebImage/MKAnnotationView+WebCache.m"; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		53761325155AD0D5005750A4 /* libSDWebImage.a */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = archive.ar; includeInIndex = 0; path = libSDWebImage.a; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
 				53922D88148C56230056699D /* SDWebImageCompat.h */,
+				5340674F167780C40042B59E /* SDWebImageCompat.m */,
 				530E49E71646388E002868E7 /* SDWebImageOperation.h */,
 				53922DAB148C56810056699D /* Downloader */,
 				53922DAA148C56470056699D /* Cache */,
@@ -381,6 +384,7 @@
 				5376130E155AD0D5005750A4 /* UIButton+WebCache.m in Sources */,
 				5376130F155AD0D5005750A4 /* UIImageView+WebCache.m in Sources */,
 				530E49EC16464C84002868E7 /* SDWebImageDownloaderOperation.m in Sources */,
+				53406750167780C40042B59E /* SDWebImageCompat.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.h b/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.h
index cf51761b..cabeaa67 100644
--- a/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.h
+++ b/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.h
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 #error SDWebImage does not support Objective-C Garbage Collection
 #endif
 
-#if !__has_feature(objc_arc)
-#error SDWebImage is ARC only. Either turn on ARC for the project or use -fobjc-arc flag
-#endif
-
 #if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < __IPHONE_5_0
 #error SDWebImage doesn't support Deployement Target version < 5.0
 #endif
@@ -57,43 +53,4 @@
     #define SDDispatchQueueSetterSementics assign
 #endif
 
-NS_INLINE UIImage *SDScaledImageForPath(NSString *path, NSObject *imageOrData)
-{
-    if (!imageOrData)
-    {
-        return nil;
-    }
-
-    UIImage *image = nil;
-    if ([imageOrData isKindOfClass:[NSData class]])
-    {
-        image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:(NSData *)imageOrData];
-    }
-    else if ([imageOrData isKindOfClass:[UIImage class]])
-    {
-        image = (UIImage *)imageOrData;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return nil;
-    }
-
-    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(scale)])
-    {
-        CGFloat scale = 1.0;
-        if (path.length >= 8)
-        {
-            // Search @2x. at the end of the string, before a 3 to 4 extension length (only if key len is 8 or more @2x. + 4 len ext)
-            NSRange range = [path rangeOfString:@"@2x." options:0 range:NSMakeRange(path.length - 8, 5)];
-            if (range.location != NSNotFound)
-            {
-                scale = 2.0;
-            }
-        }
-
-        UIImage *scaledImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:image.CGImage scale:scale orientation:image.imageOrientation];
-        image = scaledImage;
-    }
-
-    return image;
-}
+extern UIImage *SDScaledImageForPath(NSString *path, NSObject *imageOrData);
diff --git a/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.m b/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a803478a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SDWebImage/SDWebImageCompat.m
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+//
+//  SDWebImageCompat.m
+//  SDWebImage
+//
+//  Created by Olivier Poitrey on 11/12/12.
+//  Copyright (c) 2012 Dailymotion. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import "SDWebImageCompat.h"
+
+#if !__has_feature(objc_arc)
+#error SDWebImage is ARC only. Either turn on ARC for the project or use -fobjc-arc flag
+#endif
+
+UIImage *SDScaledImageForPath(NSString *path, NSObject *imageOrData)
+{
+    if (!imageOrData)
+    {
+        return nil;
+    }
+
+    UIImage *image = nil;
+    if ([imageOrData isKindOfClass:[NSData class]])
+    {
+        image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:(NSData *)imageOrData];
+    }
+    else if ([imageOrData isKindOfClass:[UIImage class]])
+    {
+        image = (UIImage *)imageOrData;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return nil;
+    }
+
+    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(scale)])
+    {
+        CGFloat scale = 1.0;
+        if (path.length >= 8)
+        {
+            // Search @2x. at the end of the string, before a 3 to 4 extension length (only if key len is 8 or more @2x. + 4 len ext)
+            NSRange range = [path rangeOfString:@"@2x." options:0 range:NSMakeRange(path.length - 8, 5)];
+            if (range.location != NSNotFound)
+            {
+                scale = 2.0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        UIImage *scaledImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:image.CGImage scale:scale orientation:image.imageOrientation];
+        image = scaledImage;
+    }
+
+    return image;
+}