diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 3e1061a2c72..6947399e5a7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ commonFiles += [ "util/background.cpp" , "util/mmap.cpp" ,  "util/sock.cpp" ,  "
                  "util/thread_pool.cpp" ]
 commonFiles += Glob( "util/*.c" )
 commonFiles += Split( "client/connpool.cpp client/dbclient.cpp client/model.cpp client/parallel.cpp client/syncclusterconnection.cpp" )
-commonFiles += [ "scripting/engine.cpp" ]
+commonFiles += [ "scripting/engine.cpp" , "scripting/utils.cpp" ]
 
 #mmap stuff
 
diff --git a/scripting/engine.h b/scripting/engine.h
index 99c88cff167..137bc46f5e2 100644
--- a/scripting/engine.h
+++ b/scripting/engine.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace mongo {
 
     typedef unsigned long long ScriptingFunction;
     typedef BSONObj (*NativeFunction) ( const BSONObj &args );
-    
+
     class Scope : boost::noncopyable {
     public:
         Scope();
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ namespace mongo {
         static int _numScopes;
     };
     
+    void installGlobalUtils( Scope& scope );
+
     class ScriptEngine : boost::noncopyable {
     public:
         ScriptEngine();
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ namespace mongo {
             Scope *s = createScope();
             if ( s && _scopeInitCallback )
                 _scopeInitCallback( *s );
+            installGlobalUtils( *s );
             return s;
         }
         
diff --git a/scripting/utils.cpp b/scripting/utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11ae7f3fcaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripting/utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// utils.cpp
+
+#include "../stdafx.h"
+#include "engine.h"
+#include "../util/md5.hpp"
+
+namespace mongo {
+
+    BSONObj jsmd5( const BSONObj &a ){
+        uassert( 10261 ,  "js md5 needs a string" , a.firstElement().type() == String );
+        const char * s = a.firstElement().valuestrsafe();
+        
+        md5digest d;
+        md5_state_t st;
+        md5_init(&st);
+        md5_append( &st , (const md5_byte_t*)s , strlen( s ) );
+        md5_finish(&st, d);
+        
+        return BSON( "" << digestToString( d ) );
+    }
+    
+    BSONObj JSVersion( const BSONObj& args ){
+        cout << "version: " << versionString << endl;
+        if ( strstr( versionString , "+" ) )
+            printGitVersion();
+        return BSONObj();
+    }
+
+    void installGlobalUtils( Scope& scope ){
+        scope.injectNative( "hex_md5" , jsmd5 );
+        scope.injectNative( "version" , JSVersion );
+    }
+
+}
+        
+
diff --git a/shell/utils.cpp b/shell/utils.cpp
index 2bbb417cbe0..5adbee31de6 100644
--- a/shell/utils.cpp
+++ b/shell/utils.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 #include "../client/dbclient.h"
 #include "../util/processinfo.h"
-#include "../util/md5.hpp"
 #include "utils.h"
 
 extern const char * jsconcatcode_server;
@@ -139,13 +138,6 @@ namespace mongo {
             return b.obj();
         }
 
-        BSONObj JSVersion( const BSONObj& args ){
-            cout << "version: " << versionString << endl;
-            if ( strstr( versionString , "+" ) )
-                printGitVersion();
-            return BSONObj();
-        }
-        
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -474,19 +466,6 @@ namespace mongo {
         void KillMongoProgramInstances() {}        
 #endif
 
-        BSONObj jsmd5( const BSONObj &a ){
-            uassert( 10261 ,  "js md5 needs a string" , a.firstElement().type() == String );
-            const char * s = a.firstElement().valuestrsafe();
-            
-            md5digest d;
-            md5_state_t st;
-            md5_init(&st);
-            md5_append( &st , (const md5_byte_t*)s , strlen( s ) );
-            md5_finish(&st, d);
-            
-            return BSON( "" << digestToString( d ) );
-        }
-        
         unsigned _randomSeed;
         
         BSONObj JSSrand( const BSONObj &a ) {
@@ -512,8 +491,6 @@ namespace mongo {
             scope.injectNative( "sleep" , JSSleep );
             scope.injectNative( "quit", Quit );
             scope.injectNative( "getMemInfo" , JSGetMemInfo );
-            scope.injectNative( "version" , JSVersion );
-            scope.injectNative( "hex_md5" , jsmd5 );
             scope.injectNative( "_srand" , JSSrand );
             scope.injectNative( "_rand" , JSRand );
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
diff --git a/shell/utils.h b/shell/utils.h
index 7c98e2c5d38..01393a2e5d6 100644
--- a/shell/utils.h
+++ b/shell/utils.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "../scripting/engine.h"
 
 namespace mongo {
-
+    
     namespace shellUtils {
 
         extern std::string _dbConnect;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace mongo {
 
         void RecordMyLocation( const char *_argv0 );
         void installShellUtils( Scope& scope );
-
+        
         // Scoped management of mongo program instances.  Simple implementation:
         // destructor kills all mongod instances created by the shell.
         struct MongoProgramScope {