diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/machineid/CMakeLists.txt
index aa82d672f..a6874fa17 100644
--- a/src/modules/machineid/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ calamares_add_plugin( machineid
     EXPORT_MACRO PLUGINDLLEXPORT_PRO
     SOURCES
         MachineIdJob.cpp
+        Workers.cpp
     LINK_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES
         calamares
     SHARED_LIB
diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp b/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp
index 37df5ef34..2f0416c72 100644
--- a/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/MachineIdJob.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "MachineIdJob.h"
+#include "Workers.h"
 
 #include "utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
@@ -45,143 +46,6 @@ MachineIdJob::prettyName() const
     return tr( "Generate machine-id." );
 }
 
-// might need to use a helper to remove the file
-static void
-removeFile( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
-{
-    QFile::remove( rootMountPoint + fileName );
-}
-
-/// @brief Copy @p fileName from host into target system at @p rootMountPoint
-static Calamares::JobResult
-copyFile( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
-{
-    QFile f( fileName );
-    if ( !f.exists() )
-    {
-        return Calamares::JobResult::error( QObject::tr( "File not found" ), fileName );
-    }
-    if ( !f.copy( rootMountPoint + fileName ) )
-    {
-        return Calamares::JobResult::error( QObject::tr( "File not found" ), rootMountPoint + fileName );
-    }
-    return Calamares::JobResult::ok();
-}
-
-/// @brief How to generate entropy (bool-like)
-enum class EntropyGeneration
-{
-    New,
-    CopyFromHost
-};
-
-/// @brief How to create the DBus machine-id (bool-like)
-enum class DBusGeneration
-{
-    New,
-    SymlinkFromSystemD
-};
-
-static int
-getUrandomPoolSize()
-{
-    QFile f( "/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize" );
-    constexpr const int minimumPoolSize = 512;
-    int poolSize = minimumPoolSize;
-
-    if ( f.exists() && f.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text ) )
-    {
-        QByteArray v = f.read( 16 );
-        if ( v.length() > 2 )
-        {
-            bool ok = false;
-            poolSize = v.toInt( &ok );
-            if ( !ok )
-            {
-                poolSize = minimumPoolSize;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return poolSize >= minimumPoolSize ? poolSize : minimumPoolSize;
-}
-
-static Calamares::JobResult
-createNewEntropy( int poolSize, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
-{
-    QFile urandom( "/dev/urandom" );
-    if ( urandom.exists() && urandom.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
-    {
-        QByteArray data = urandom.read( poolSize );
-        urandom.close();
-
-        QFile entropyFile( rootMountPoint + fileName );
-        if ( entropyFile.exists() )
-        {
-            cWarning() << "Entropy file" << ( rootMountPoint + fileName ) << "already exists.";
-            return Calamares::JobResult::ok();  // .. anyway
-        }
-        if ( !entropyFile.open( QIODevice::WriteOnly ) )
-        {
-            return Calamares::JobResult::error(
-                QObject::tr( "File not found" ),
-                QObject::tr( "Could not create new random file <pre>%1</pre>." ).arg( fileName ) );
-        }
-        entropyFile.write( data );
-        entropyFile.close();
-        if ( entropyFile.size() < data.length() )
-        {
-            cWarning() << "Entropy file is" << entropyFile.size() << "bytes, random data was" << data.length();
-        }
-        if ( data.length() < poolSize )
-        {
-            cWarning() << "Entropy data is" << data.length() << "bytes, rather than poolSize" << poolSize;
-        }
-    }
-    return Calamares::JobResult::error(
-        QObject::tr( "File not found" ),
-        QObject::tr( "Could not read random file <pre>%1</pre>." ).arg( QStringLiteral( "/dev/urandom" ) ) );
-}
-
-
-static Calamares::JobResult
-createEntropy( const EntropyGeneration kind, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
-{
-    if ( kind == EntropyGeneration::CopyFromHost )
-    {
-        if ( QFile::exists( fileName ) )
-        {
-            auto r = copyFile( rootMountPoint, fileName );
-            if ( r )
-            {
-                return r;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                cWarning() << "Could not copy" << fileName << "for entropy, generating new.";
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            cWarning() << "Host system entropy does not exist at" << fileName;
-        }
-    }
-
-    int poolSize = getUrandomPoolSize();
-    return createNewEntropy( poolSize, rootMountPoint, fileName );
-}
-
-static Calamares::JobResult
-createSystemdMachineId( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
-{
-    return Calamares::JobResult::internalError( QObject::tr( "Internal Error" ), QObject::tr( "Not implemented" ), 0 );
-}
-
-static Calamares::JobResult
-createDBusMachineId( DBusGeneration kind, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
-{
-    return Calamares::JobResult::internalError( QObject::tr( "Internal Error" ), QObject::tr( "Not implemented" ), 0 );
-}
-
 Calamares::JobResult
 MachineIdJob::exec()
 {
@@ -207,22 +71,22 @@ MachineIdJob::exec()
     // Clear existing files
     if ( m_entropy )
     {
-        removeFile( root, target_entropy_file );
+        MachineId::removeFile( root, target_entropy_file );
     }
     if ( m_dbus )
     {
-        removeFile( root, target_dbus_machineid_file );
+        MachineId::removeFile( root, target_dbus_machineid_file );
     }
     if ( m_systemd )
     {
-        removeFile( root, target_systemd_machineid_file );
+        MachineId::removeFile( root, target_systemd_machineid_file );
     }
 
     //Create new files
     if ( m_entropy )
     {
-        auto r = createEntropy(
-            m_entropy_copy ? EntropyGeneration::CopyFromHost : EntropyGeneration::New, root, target_entropy_file );
+        auto r = MachineId::createEntropy(
+            m_entropy_copy ? MachineId::EntropyGeneration::CopyFromHost : MachineId::EntropyGeneration::New, root, target_entropy_file );
         if ( !r )
         {
             return r;
@@ -230,7 +94,7 @@ MachineIdJob::exec()
     }
     if ( m_systemd )
     {
-        auto r = createSystemdMachineId( root, target_systemd_machineid_file );
+        auto r = MachineId::createSystemdMachineId( root, target_systemd_machineid_file );
         if ( !r )
         {
             return r;
@@ -238,7 +102,7 @@ MachineIdJob::exec()
     }
     if ( m_dbus )
     {
-        auto r = createDBusMachineId( m_dbus_symlink ? DBusGeneration::SymlinkFromSystemD : DBusGeneration::New,
+        auto r = MachineId::createDBusMachineId( m_dbus_symlink ? MachineId::DBusGeneration::SymlinkFromSystemD : MachineId::DBusGeneration::New,
                                       root,
                                       target_dbus_machineid_file );
         if ( !r )
diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/Workers.cpp b/src/modules/machineid/Workers.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b70fab9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/Workers.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2014, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@chello.at>
+ *   Copyright 2016, Philip Müller <philm@manjaro.org>
+ *   Copyright 2017, Alf Gaida <agaida@siduction.org>
+ *   Copyright 2019, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "Workers.h"
+
+#include "utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.h"
+#include "utils/Logger.h"
+
+#include <QFile>
+
+namespace MachineId
+{
+
+// might need to use a helper to remove the file
+void
+removeFile( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
+{
+    QFile::remove( rootMountPoint + fileName );
+}
+
+Calamares::JobResult
+copyFile( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
+{
+    QFile f( fileName );
+    if ( !f.exists() )
+    {
+        return Calamares::JobResult::error( QObject::tr( "File not found" ), fileName );
+    }
+    if ( !f.copy( rootMountPoint + fileName ) )
+    {
+        return Calamares::JobResult::error( QObject::tr( "File not found" ), rootMountPoint + fileName );
+    }
+    return Calamares::JobResult::ok();
+}
+
+int
+getUrandomPoolSize()
+{
+    QFile f( "/proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize" );
+    constexpr const int minimumPoolSize = 512;
+    int poolSize = minimumPoolSize;
+
+    if ( f.exists() && f.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text ) )
+    {
+        QByteArray v = f.read( 16 );
+        if ( v.length() > 2 )
+        {
+            bool ok = false;
+            poolSize = v.toInt( &ok );
+            if ( !ok )
+            {
+                poolSize = minimumPoolSize;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return poolSize >= minimumPoolSize ? poolSize : minimumPoolSize;
+}
+
+Calamares::JobResult
+createNewEntropy( int poolSize, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
+{
+    QFile urandom( "/dev/urandom" );
+    if ( urandom.exists() && urandom.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
+    {
+        QByteArray data = urandom.read( poolSize );
+        urandom.close();
+
+        QFile entropyFile( rootMountPoint + fileName );
+        if ( entropyFile.exists() )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Entropy file" << ( rootMountPoint + fileName ) << "already exists.";
+            return Calamares::JobResult::ok();  // .. anyway
+        }
+        if ( !entropyFile.open( QIODevice::WriteOnly ) )
+        {
+            return Calamares::JobResult::error(
+                QObject::tr( "File not found" ),
+                QObject::tr( "Could not create new random file <pre>%1</pre>." ).arg( fileName ) );
+        }
+        entropyFile.write( data );
+        entropyFile.close();
+        if ( entropyFile.size() < data.length() )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Entropy file is" << entropyFile.size() << "bytes, random data was" << data.length();
+        }
+        if ( data.length() < poolSize )
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Entropy data is" << data.length() << "bytes, rather than poolSize" << poolSize;
+        }
+    }
+    return Calamares::JobResult::error(
+        QObject::tr( "File not found" ),
+        QObject::tr( "Could not read random file <pre>%1</pre>." ).arg( QStringLiteral( "/dev/urandom" ) ) );
+}
+
+
+Calamares::JobResult
+createEntropy( const EntropyGeneration kind, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
+{
+    if ( kind == EntropyGeneration::CopyFromHost )
+    {
+        if ( QFile::exists( fileName ) )
+        {
+            auto r = copyFile( rootMountPoint, fileName );
+            if ( r )
+            {
+                return r;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                cWarning() << "Could not copy" << fileName << "for entropy, generating new.";
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            cWarning() << "Host system entropy does not exist at" << fileName;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int poolSize = getUrandomPoolSize();
+    return createNewEntropy( poolSize, rootMountPoint, fileName );
+}
+
+Calamares::JobResult
+createSystemdMachineId( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
+{
+    return Calamares::JobResult::internalError( QObject::tr( "Internal Error" ), QObject::tr( "Not implemented" ), 0 );
+}
+
+Calamares::JobResult
+createDBusMachineId( DBusGeneration kind, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName )
+{
+    return Calamares::JobResult::internalError( QObject::tr( "Internal Error" ), QObject::tr( "Not implemented" ), 0 );
+}
+
+}  // namespace
diff --git a/src/modules/machineid/Workers.h b/src/modules/machineid/Workers.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa093fd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/machineid/Workers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/* === This file is part of Calamares - <https://github.com/calamares> ===
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2019, Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   Calamares is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   Calamares is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with Calamares. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef WORKERS_H
+#define WORKERS_H
+
+#include "Job.h"
+
+/// @brief Utility functions for doing the random-data stuff for MachineId
+namespace MachineId
+{
+/** @brief Utility functions
+ *
+ * These probably belong in libcalamares, since they're general utilities
+ * for moving files around in the target system.
+ */
+
+/// @brief Remove @p fileName from the target system at @p rootMountPoint
+void removeFile( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName );
+
+/// @brief Copy @p fileName from host into target system at @p rootMountPoint
+Calamares::JobResult copyFile( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName );
+
+
+/** @brief Entropy functions
+ *
+ * The target system may want to pre-seed the entropy pool with a suitable
+ * chunk of entropy data. During installation we have lots of disk access
+ * so plenty of entropy -- this is used mostly be Debian.
+ */
+
+/// @brief How to generate entropy (bool-like)
+enum class EntropyGeneration
+{
+    New,
+    CopyFromHost
+};
+
+/// @brief Returns a recommended size for the entropy pool (in bytes)
+int getUrandomPoolSize();
+
+/// @brief Creates a new entropy file @p fileName in the target system at @p rootMountPoint
+Calamares::JobResult createNewEntropy( int poolSize, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName );
+
+/// @brief Create an entropy file  @p fileName in the target system at @p rootMountPoint
+Calamares::JobResult createEntropy( const EntropyGeneration kind, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName );
+
+
+/** @brief MachineID functions
+ *
+ * Creating UUIDs for DBUS and SystemD.
+ */
+
+/// @brief How to create the DBus machine-id (bool-like)
+enum class DBusGeneration
+{
+    New,
+    SymlinkFromSystemD
+};
+
+Calamares::JobResult createDBusMachineId( DBusGeneration kind, const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName );
+
+Calamares::JobResult createSystemdMachineId( const QString& rootMountPoint, const QString& fileName );
+
+
+}
+
+#endif  // WORKERS_H