diff --git a/Knot.files b/Knot.files
index d283f3219aa7ffc89a0cb2f0fc2ba8bf160cb788..71a588fae70685bdffae660699ae4c7c41040af2 100644
--- a/Knot.files
+++ b/Knot.files
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ src/common/acl.c
 src/common/acl.h
 src/common/sockaddr.h
 src/common/sockaddr.c
-src/common/crc.c
 src/common/crc.h
 src/common/ref.c
 src/common/ref.h
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8bcc9dc51e297c0366f44335ad32058e4fa04888..afb929bb2e5fc56013501e47951afbe10ac44520 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([OpenSSL_add_all_digests], [crypto],[], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libcrypto not found])])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([capng_apply], [cap-ng])
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([crc32], [z])
 #AC_SEARCH_LIBS([ldns_rr_list_pop_rrset], [ldns], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([libldns not found])])
 
 # Checks for header files.
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a1bb196ade5b4cdcce5e59aa90fe87c4a400db96..60c51c6517b3c3aeebe6e11782eedc9c359afb0c 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ libknots_la_SOURCES =				\
 	common/sockaddr.h			\
 	common/sockaddr.c			\
 	common/crc.h				\
-	common/crc.c				\
 	common/ref.h				\
 	common/ref.c				\
 	common/errors.h				\
diff --git a/src/common/crc.c b/src/common/crc.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 33bf90399dfa61d8c9d556e2f046c0e142dba890..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/common/crc.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-/*
-   Copyright (c) 2006-2011, Thomas Pircher <tehpeh@gmx.net>
-
-   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-   
-   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-   
-   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-   THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-/**
- * \file crc.c
- * Functions and types for CRC checks.
- *
- * Generated on Fri May  6 11:25:47 2011,
- * by pycrc v0.7.7, http://www.tty1.net/pycrc/
- * using the configuration:
- *    Width        = 32
- *    Poly         = 0x04c11db7
- *    XorIn        = 0xffffffff
- *    ReflectIn    = True
- *    XorOut       = 0xffffffff
- *    ReflectOut   = True
- *    Algorithm    = table-driven
- *****************************************************************************/
-#include "crc.h"
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-/**
- * Static table used for the table_driven implementation.
- *****************************************************************************/
-static const crc_t crc_table[256] = {
-    0x00000000, 0x77073096, 0xee0e612c, 0x990951ba,
-    0x076dc419, 0x706af48f, 0xe963a535, 0x9e6495a3,
-    0x0edb8832, 0x79dcb8a4, 0xe0d5e91e, 0x97d2d988,
-    0x09b64c2b, 0x7eb17cbd, 0xe7b82d07, 0x90bf1d91,
-    0x1db71064, 0x6ab020f2, 0xf3b97148, 0x84be41de,
-    0x1adad47d, 0x6ddde4eb, 0xf4d4b551, 0x83d385c7,
-    0x136c9856, 0x646ba8c0, 0xfd62f97a, 0x8a65c9ec,
-    0x14015c4f, 0x63066cd9, 0xfa0f3d63, 0x8d080df5,
-    0x3b6e20c8, 0x4c69105e, 0xd56041e4, 0xa2677172,
-    0x3c03e4d1, 0x4b04d447, 0xd20d85fd, 0xa50ab56b,
-    0x35b5a8fa, 0x42b2986c, 0xdbbbc9d6, 0xacbcf940,
-    0x32d86ce3, 0x45df5c75, 0xdcd60dcf, 0xabd13d59,
-    0x26d930ac, 0x51de003a, 0xc8d75180, 0xbfd06116,
-    0x21b4f4b5, 0x56b3c423, 0xcfba9599, 0xb8bda50f,
-    0x2802b89e, 0x5f058808, 0xc60cd9b2, 0xb10be924,
-    0x2f6f7c87, 0x58684c11, 0xc1611dab, 0xb6662d3d,
-    0x76dc4190, 0x01db7106, 0x98d220bc, 0xefd5102a,
-    0x71b18589, 0x06b6b51f, 0x9fbfe4a5, 0xe8b8d433,
-    0x7807c9a2, 0x0f00f934, 0x9609a88e, 0xe10e9818,
-    0x7f6a0dbb, 0x086d3d2d, 0x91646c97, 0xe6635c01,
-    0x6b6b51f4, 0x1c6c6162, 0x856530d8, 0xf262004e,
-    0x6c0695ed, 0x1b01a57b, 0x8208f4c1, 0xf50fc457,
-    0x65b0d9c6, 0x12b7e950, 0x8bbeb8ea, 0xfcb9887c,
-    0x62dd1ddf, 0x15da2d49, 0x8cd37cf3, 0xfbd44c65,
-    0x4db26158, 0x3ab551ce, 0xa3bc0074, 0xd4bb30e2,
-    0x4adfa541, 0x3dd895d7, 0xa4d1c46d, 0xd3d6f4fb,
-    0x4369e96a, 0x346ed9fc, 0xad678846, 0xda60b8d0,
-    0x44042d73, 0x33031de5, 0xaa0a4c5f, 0xdd0d7cc9,
-    0x5005713c, 0x270241aa, 0xbe0b1010, 0xc90c2086,
-    0x5768b525, 0x206f85b3, 0xb966d409, 0xce61e49f,
-    0x5edef90e, 0x29d9c998, 0xb0d09822, 0xc7d7a8b4,
-    0x59b33d17, 0x2eb40d81, 0xb7bd5c3b, 0xc0ba6cad,
-    0xedb88320, 0x9abfb3b6, 0x03b6e20c, 0x74b1d29a,
-    0xead54739, 0x9dd277af, 0x04db2615, 0x73dc1683,
-    0xe3630b12, 0x94643b84, 0x0d6d6a3e, 0x7a6a5aa8,
-    0xe40ecf0b, 0x9309ff9d, 0x0a00ae27, 0x7d079eb1,
-    0xf00f9344, 0x8708a3d2, 0x1e01f268, 0x6906c2fe,
-    0xf762575d, 0x806567cb, 0x196c3671, 0x6e6b06e7,
-    0xfed41b76, 0x89d32be0, 0x10da7a5a, 0x67dd4acc,
-    0xf9b9df6f, 0x8ebeeff9, 0x17b7be43, 0x60b08ed5,
-    0xd6d6a3e8, 0xa1d1937e, 0x38d8c2c4, 0x4fdff252,
-    0xd1bb67f1, 0xa6bc5767, 0x3fb506dd, 0x48b2364b,
-    0xd80d2bda, 0xaf0a1b4c, 0x36034af6, 0x41047a60,
-    0xdf60efc3, 0xa867df55, 0x316e8eef, 0x4669be79,
-    0xcb61b38c, 0xbc66831a, 0x256fd2a0, 0x5268e236,
-    0xcc0c7795, 0xbb0b4703, 0x220216b9, 0x5505262f,
-    0xc5ba3bbe, 0xb2bd0b28, 0x2bb45a92, 0x5cb36a04,
-    0xc2d7ffa7, 0xb5d0cf31, 0x2cd99e8b, 0x5bdeae1d,
-    0x9b64c2b0, 0xec63f226, 0x756aa39c, 0x026d930a,
-    0x9c0906a9, 0xeb0e363f, 0x72076785, 0x05005713,
-    0x95bf4a82, 0xe2b87a14, 0x7bb12bae, 0x0cb61b38,
-    0x92d28e9b, 0xe5d5be0d, 0x7cdcefb7, 0x0bdbdf21,
-    0x86d3d2d4, 0xf1d4e242, 0x68ddb3f8, 0x1fda836e,
-    0x81be16cd, 0xf6b9265b, 0x6fb077e1, 0x18b74777,
-    0x88085ae6, 0xff0f6a70, 0x66063bca, 0x11010b5c,
-    0x8f659eff, 0xf862ae69, 0x616bffd3, 0x166ccf45,
-    0xa00ae278, 0xd70dd2ee, 0x4e048354, 0x3903b3c2,
-    0xa7672661, 0xd06016f7, 0x4969474d, 0x3e6e77db,
-    0xaed16a4a, 0xd9d65adc, 0x40df0b66, 0x37d83bf0,
-    0xa9bcae53, 0xdebb9ec5, 0x47b2cf7f, 0x30b5ffe9,
-    0xbdbdf21c, 0xcabac28a, 0x53b39330, 0x24b4a3a6,
-    0xbad03605, 0xcdd70693, 0x54de5729, 0x23d967bf,
-    0xb3667a2e, 0xc4614ab8, 0x5d681b02, 0x2a6f2b94,
-    0xb40bbe37, 0xc30c8ea1, 0x5a05df1b, 0x2d02ef8d
-};
-
-/**
- * Reflect all bits of a \a data word of \a data_len bytes.
- *
- * \param data         The data word to be reflected.
- * \param data_len     The width of \a data expressed in number of bits.
- * \return             The reflected data.
- *****************************************************************************/
-crc_t crc_reflect(crc_t data, size_t data_len)
-{
-    unsigned int i;
-    crc_t ret;
-
-    ret = data & 0x01;
-    for (i = 1; i < data_len; i++) {
-        data >>= 1;
-        ret = (ret << 1) | (data & 0x01);
-    }
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * Update the crc value with new data.
- *
- * \param crc      The current crc value.
- * \param data     Pointer to a buffer of \a data_len bytes.
- * \param data_len Number of bytes in the \a data buffer.
- * \return         The updated crc value.
- *****************************************************************************/
-crc_t crc_update(crc_t crc, const unsigned char *data, size_t data_len)
-{
-    unsigned int tbl_idx;
-
-    while (data_len--) {
-        tbl_idx = (crc ^ *data) & 0xff;
-        crc = (crc_table[tbl_idx] ^ (crc >> 8)) & 0xffffffff;
-
-        data++;
-    }
-    return crc & 0xffffffff;
-}
-
-
-
diff --git a/src/common/crc.h b/src/common/crc.h
index 41971a97494508c98d1f2be031ea438dd3aee4ba..b93bdb674a8027ded545c20ba255a74877ec99f3 100644
--- a/src/common/crc.h
+++ b/src/common/crc.h
@@ -1,54 +1,34 @@
-/*
-   Copyright (c) 2006-2011, Thomas Pircher <tehpeh@gmx.net>
-
-   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-   of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-   in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-   to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-   copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-   furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-   
-   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-   all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-   
-   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-   OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-   THE SOFTWARE.
+/*  Copyright (C) 2011 CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. <knot-dns@labs.nic.cz>
+ *
+ *  This program 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.
+ *
+ *  This program 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 this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-/**
+/*!
  * \file crc.h
- * Functions and types for CRC checks.
  *
- * Generated on Fri May  6 11:25:43 2011,
- * by pycrc v0.7.7, http://www.tty1.net/pycrc/
- * using the configuration:
- *    Width        = 32
- *    Poly         = 0x04c11db7
- *    XorIn        = 0xffffffff
- *    ReflectIn    = True
- *    XorOut       = 0xffffffff
- *    ReflectOut   = True
- *    Algorithm    = table-driven
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * \author UFO
+ *
+ * \brief Dummy interface to CRC function of libz library. Should be removed
+ *
+ * \addtogroup common_lib
+ * @{
+ */
+
 #ifndef __CRC_H__
 #define __CRC_H__
 
+#include <zlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-
-/**
- * The definition of the used algorithm.
- *****************************************************************************/
-#define CRC_ALGO_TABLE_DRIVEN 1
 
 
 /**
@@ -59,16 +39,6 @@ extern "C" {
 typedef uint32_t crc_t;
 
 
-/**
- * Reflect all bits of a \a data word of \a data_len bytes.
- *
- * \param data         The data word to be reflected.
- * \param data_len     The width of \a data expressed in number of bits.
- * \return             The reflected data.
- *****************************************************************************/
-crc_t crc_reflect(crc_t data, size_t data_len);
-
-
 /**
  * Calculate the initial crc value.
  *
@@ -76,7 +46,7 @@ crc_t crc_reflect(crc_t data, size_t data_len);
  *****************************************************************************/
 static inline crc_t crc_init(void)
 {
-    return 0xffffffff;
+    return crc32(0L, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 
@@ -88,7 +58,10 @@ static inline crc_t crc_init(void)
  * \param data_len Number of bytes in the \a data buffer.
  * \return         The updated crc value.
  *****************************************************************************/
-crc_t crc_update(crc_t crc, const unsigned char *data, size_t data_len);
+static inline crc_t crc_update(crc_t crc, const unsigned char *data, size_t data_len)
+{
+	return crc32(crc, data, data_len);
+}
 
 
 /**
@@ -99,12 +72,8 @@ crc_t crc_update(crc_t crc, const unsigned char *data, size_t data_len);
  *****************************************************************************/
 static inline crc_t crc_finalize(crc_t crc)
 {
-    return crc ^ 0xffffffff;
+    return crc;
 }
 
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}           /* closing brace for extern "C" */
-#endif
-
 #endif      /* __CRC_H__ */