diff --git a/libsrc/common/cc65_imul8x8r16.s b/libsrc/common/cc65_imul8x8r16.s
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+;
+; 2014-03-27, Oliver Schmidt
+; 2014-05-08, Greg King
+;
+; CC65 library: 8x8 => 16 signed multiplication
+;
+
+        .export         _cc65_imul8x8r16
+        .import         imul8x8r16, popa, ptr1:zp
+
+
+;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; 8x8 => 16 signed multiplication routine.
+
+
+.proc   _cc65_imul8x8r16
+
+        sta     ptr1
+        jsr     popa
+        jmp     imul8x8r16
+
+.endproc
diff --git a/libsrc/runtime/imul8x8r16.s b/libsrc/runtime/imul8x8r16.s
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+;
+; 2010-11-02, Ullrich von Bassewitz
+; 2014-05-10, Greg King
+;
+; CC65 runtime: 8x8 => 16 signed multiplication
+;
+
+        .export         imul8x8r16, imul8x8r16m
+        .importzp       ptr1, ptr3, tmp1
+
+        .macpack        generic
+
+;---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; 8x8 => 16 signed multiplication routine.
+;
+;   multiplicand  multiplier   product
+;   LHS             RHS        result
+; -------------------------------------------------------------
+;   .A (ptr3-low)   ptr1-low    .XA
+;
+
+imul8x8r16:
+        sta     ptr3
+
+imul8x8r16m:
+        ldx     #>0
+        bit     ptr3
+        bpl     @L7
+        dex
+@L7:    stx     ptr3+1          ; Extend sign of Left-Hand Side
+        ldy     #<0             ; Clear .XY accumulator
+        ldx     #>0
+        lda     ptr1
+        bmi     NegMult
+        bpl     @L2             ; Branch always
+
+@L0:    tya                     ; Add current multiplicand
+        add     ptr3
+        tay
+        txa
+        adc     ptr3+1
+        tax
+
+@L1:    asl     ptr3
+        rol     ptr3+1
+@L2:    lsr     ptr1            ; Get next bit of Right-Hand Side into carry
+        bcs     @L0
+        bnz     @L1             ; Loop if more one-bits in multiplier
+
+        tya                     ; Put result into cc65's accumulator
+        rts
+
+; The multiplier is negative.
+; Therefore, make it positive; and, subtract when multiplying.
+NegMult:
+        eor     #%11111111
+        sta     ptr1
+        inc     ptr1
+        bnz     @L2             ; Branch always
+
+@L0:    tya                     ; Subtract current multiplicand
+        sub     ptr3
+        tay
+        txa
+        sbc     ptr3+1
+        tax
+
+@L1:    asl     ptr3
+        rol     ptr3+1
+@L2:    lsr     ptr1            ; Get next bit of Right-Hand Side into carry
+        bcs     @L0
+        bnz     @L1             ; Loop if more one-bits in multiplier
+
+        tya                     ; Put result into cc65's accumulator
+        rts