diff --git a/atom.gyp b/atom.gyp
index e7fdc63d18ee..15484fea2ae5 100644
--- a/atom.gyp
+++ b/atom.gyp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
       'browser/native_window_observer.h',
       'common/api/api_messages.cc',
       'common/api/api_messages.h',
+      'common/api/atom_api_v8_util.cc',
       'common/api/atom_bindings.cc',
       'common/api/atom_bindings.h',
       'common/api/atom_extensions.cc',
diff --git a/common/api/atom_api_v8_util.cc b/common/api/atom_api_v8_util.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac7ac2c3421c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/api/atom_api_v8_util.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2013 GitHub, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "vendor/node/src/node.h"
+
+namespace atom {
+
+namespace api {
+
+namespace {
+
+v8::Handle<v8::Value> DummyNew(const v8::Arguments& args) {
+  return args.This();
+}
+
+v8::Handle<v8::Value> CreateObjectWithName(const v8::Arguments& args) {
+  v8::HandleScope scope;
+
+  v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate> t = v8::FunctionTemplate::New(DummyNew);
+  t->SetClassName(args[0]->ToString());
+
+  return scope.Close(t->GetFunction()->NewInstance());
+}
+
+v8::Handle<v8::Value> GetHiddenValue(const v8::Arguments& args) {
+  return args[0]->ToObject()->GetHiddenValue(args[1]->ToString());
+}
+
+v8::Handle<v8::Value> SetHiddenValue(const v8::Arguments& args) {
+  args[0]->ToObject()->SetHiddenValue(args[1]->ToString(), args[2]);
+  return v8::Undefined();
+}
+
+v8::Handle<v8::Value> GetObjectHash(const v8::Arguments& args) {
+  v8::HandleScope handle_scope;
+  return handle_scope.Close(v8::Integer::New(
+      args[0]->ToObject()->GetIdentityHash()));
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+void InitializeV8Util(v8::Handle<v8::Object> target) {
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "createObjectWithName", CreateObjectWithName);
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "getHiddenValue", GetHiddenValue);
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "setHiddenValue", SetHiddenValue);
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "getObjectHash", GetObjectHash);
+}
+
+}  // namespace api
+
+}  // namespace atom
+
+NODE_MODULE(atom_common_v8_util, atom::api::InitializeV8Util)
diff --git a/common/api/atom_extensions.h b/common/api/atom_extensions.h
index 5a801a6606af..879ccae7b4d4 100644
--- a/common/api/atom_extensions.h
+++ b/common/api/atom_extensions.h
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(atom_renderer_ipc)
 
 // Module names start with `atom_common_` can be used by both browser and
 // renderer processes.
+NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(atom_common_v8_util)
 
 NODE_EXT_LIST_END