diff --git a/src/common/common_funcs.h b/src/common/common_funcs.h
index 91b74c6bcd..fde0f3a595 100644
--- a/src/common/common_funcs.h
+++ b/src/common/common_funcs.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #define b32(x)  (b16(x) | (b16(x) >>16) )
 #define ROUND_UP_POW2(x)    (b32(x - 1) + 1)
 
+#define BIT(x) (1U << (x))
+
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
 
 /// Textually concatenates two tokens. The double-expansion is required by the C preprocessor.