diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e4998a44..d9142b1b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bigint 4.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "heapsize 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "plain_hasher 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "plain_hasher 0.1.0",
  "rand 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -2201,9 +2201,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "plain_hasher"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "crunchy 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crunchy 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3394,7 +3393,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum phf_generator 0.7.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "db005608fd99800c8c74106a7c894cf582055b689aa14a79462cefdcb7dc1cc3"
 "checksum phf_shared 0.7.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fee4d039930e4f45123c9b15976cf93a499847b6483dc09c42ea0ec4940f2aa6"
 "checksum pkg-config 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3a8b4c6b8165cd1a1cd4b9b120978131389f64bdaf456435caa41e630edba903"
-"checksum plain_hasher 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "83ae80873992f511142c07d0ec6c44de5636628fdb7e204abd655932ea79d995"
 "checksum podio 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e5422a1ee1bc57cc47ae717b0137314258138f38fd5f3cea083f43a9725383a0"
 "checksum pretty_assertions 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2412f3332a07c7a2a50168988dcc184f32180a9758ad470390e5f55e089f6b6e"
 "checksum primal 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0e31b86efadeaeb1235452171a66689682783149a6249ff334a2c5d8218d00a4"
diff --git a/util/bigint/Cargo.toml b/util/bigint/Cargo.toml
index 1d0d4c63a..fcca56078 100644
--- a/util/bigint/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/bigint/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ rustc-hex = "1.0"
 rand = "0.3.12"
 libc = "0.2"
 heapsize = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
-plain_hasher = "0.1"
+plain_hasher = { path = "../plain_hasher" }
 
 [features]
 x64asm_arithmetic=[]
diff --git a/util/plain_hasher/Cargo.toml b/util/plain_hasher/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ed45ba36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/plain_hasher/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "plain_hasher"
+description = "Hasher for 32-bit keys."
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
+license = "MIT"
+keywords = ["hash", "hasher"]
+categories = ["no-std"]
+homepage = "https://github.com/paritytech/plain_hasher"
+
+[dependencies]
+crunchy = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/util/plain_hasher/benches/bench.rs b/util/plain_hasher/benches/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7e8570ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/plain_hasher/benches/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#![feature(test)]
+
+extern crate test;
+extern crate plain_hasher;
+
+use std::hash::Hasher;
+use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
+use test::{Bencher, black_box};
+use plain_hasher::PlainHasher;
+
+#[bench]
+fn write_plain_hasher(b: &mut Bencher) {
+	b.iter(|| {
+		let n: u8 = black_box(100);
+		(0..n).fold(PlainHasher::default(), |mut old, new| {
+			let bb = black_box([new; 32]);
+			old.write(&bb as &[u8]);
+			old
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn write_default_hasher(b: &mut Bencher) {
+	b.iter(|| {
+		let n: u8 = black_box(100);
+		(0..n).fold(DefaultHasher::default(), |mut old, new| {
+			let bb = black_box([new; 32]);
+			old.write(&bb as &[u8]);
+			old
+		});
+	});
+}
diff --git a/util/plain_hasher/src/lib.rs b/util/plain_hasher/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b16596363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/plain_hasher/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#![no_std]
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate crunchy;
+
+use core::{hash, mem};
+
+/// Hasher that just takes 8 bytes of the provided value.
+/// May only be used for keys which are 32 bytes.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct PlainHasher {
+	prefix: u64,
+}
+
+impl hash::Hasher for PlainHasher {
+	#[inline]
+	fn finish(&self) -> u64 {
+		self.prefix
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	#[allow(unused_assignments)]
+	fn write(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) {
+		debug_assert!(bytes.len() == 32);
+
+		unsafe {
+			let mut bytes_ptr = bytes.as_ptr();
+			let prefix_u8: &mut [u8; 8] = mem::transmute(&mut self.prefix);
+			let mut prefix_ptr = prefix_u8.as_mut_ptr();
+
+			unroll! {
+				for _i in 0..8 {
+					*prefix_ptr ^= (*bytes_ptr ^ *bytes_ptr.offset(8)) ^ (*bytes_ptr.offset(16) ^ *bytes_ptr.offset(24));
+
+					bytes_ptr = bytes_ptr.offset(1);
+					prefix_ptr = prefix_ptr.offset(1);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use core::hash::Hasher;
+	use super::PlainHasher;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn it_works() {
+		let mut bytes = [32u8; 32];
+		bytes[0] = 15;
+		let mut hasher = PlainHasher::default();
+		hasher.write(&bytes);
+		assert_eq!(hasher.prefix, 47);
+	}
+}