diff --git a/lib/cache.php b/lib/cache.php
index 62003793d5f5c5bc5e76f229e5871c926c600071..bc74ed83f8bf150b7c596b306a4df6de38867aaf 100644
--- a/lib/cache.php
+++ b/lib/cache.php
@@ -144,4 +144,13 @@ class OC_Cache {
 		return self::$isFast;
 	}
 
+	static public function generateCacheKeyFromFiles($files) {
+		$key = '';
+		sort($files);
+		foreach($files as $file) {
+			$stat = stat($file);
+			$key .= $file.$stat['mtime'].$stat['size'];
+		}
+		return md5($key);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/minimizer.php b/lib/minimizer.php
index d50ab0d239727dd0bede72ce278f3b6f91c31130..deffa8e65df0abd0322d6ecc621198d3e4f6bdb2 100644
--- a/lib/minimizer.php
+++ b/lib/minimizer.php
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 
 abstract class OC_Minimizer {
 	public function generateETag($files) {
-		$etag = '';
-		sort($files);
+		$fullpath_files = array();
 		foreach($files as $file_info) {
-			$file = $file_info[0] . '/' . $file_info[2];
-			$stat = stat($file);
-			$etag .= $file.$stat['mtime'].$stat['size'];
+			$fullpath_files[] = $file_info[0] . '/' . $file_info[2];
 		}
-		return md5($etag);
+		return OC_Cache::generateCacheKeyFromFiles($fullpath_files);
 	}
 
 	abstract public function minimizeFiles($files);