diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/pragmas.h b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/pragmas.h
index 3fa235293..0acdeabc2 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/include/pragmas.h
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/include/pragmas.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern int32_t reciptable[2048], fpuasm;
 
 extern libdivide_s64pad_t divtable64[DIVTABLESIZE];
 extern libdivide_s32pad_t divtable32[DIVTABLESIZE];
+extern void initdivtables(void);
 
 #if defined(__arm__) || defined(LIBDIVIDE_ALWAYS)
 static inline uint32_t divideu32(uint32_t n, uint32_t d)
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/engine.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/engine.c
index d3bd03906..1e6ce434c 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/engine.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/engine.c
@@ -8178,18 +8178,10 @@ static int32_t loadtables(void)
     if (tablesloaded == 0)
     {
         int32_t i;
-        libdivide_s64_t d;
-        libdivide_s32_t d32;
 
         initksqrt();
 
-        for (i=1; i<DIVTABLESIZE; i++)
-        {
-            d = libdivide_s64_gen(i);
-            divtable64[i].magic = d.magic, divtable64[i].more = d.more;
-            d32 = libdivide_s32_gen(i);
-            divtable32[i].magic = d32.magic, divtable32[i].more = d32.more;
-        }
+        initdivtables();
 
         for (i=0; i<2048; i++)
             reciptable[i] = divscale30(2048, i+2048);
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/pragmas.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/pragmas.c
index 33598c2d9..aa6006917 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/pragmas.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/pragmas.c
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@
 libdivide_s64pad_t divtable64[DIVTABLESIZE];
 libdivide_s32pad_t divtable32[DIVTABLESIZE];
 
+void initdivtables(void)
+{
+    libdivide_s64_t d;
+    libdivide_s32_t d32;
+
+    for (int i=1; i<DIVTABLESIZE; i++)
+    {
+        d = libdivide_s64_gen(i);
+        divtable64[i].magic = d.magic, divtable64[i].more = d.more;
+        d32 = libdivide_s32_gen(i);
+        divtable32[i].magic = d32.magic, divtable32[i].more = d32.more;
+    }
+}
+
 uint32_t divideu32_noinline(uint32_t n, uint32_t d) { return divideu32(n, d); }
 int32_t tabledivide32_noinline(int32_t n, int32_t d) { return tabledivide32(n, d); }
 int32_t tabledivide64_noinline(int64_t n, int32_t d) { return tabledivide64(n, d); }