diff --git a/engines/kyra/engine/util.cpp b/engines/kyra/engine/util.cpp
index 9b4670d54b4..e94872ef0d7 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/engine/util.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/engine/util.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "common/macresman.h"
+#include "common/punycode.h"
 #include "kyra/engine/util.h"
 
 namespace Kyra {
@@ -115,4 +117,40 @@ Common::String Util::decodeString2(const Common::String &src) {
 	return tmp;
 }
 
+Common::String Util::findMacResourceFile(const char *baseName) {
+	// The original executable has a TM char as its last character (character
+	// 0xAA from Mac code page). Depending on the emulator or platform used to
+	// copy the file it might have been reencoded to something else. So I look
+	// for multiple versions, also for punycode encoded files and also for the
+	// case where the user might have just removed the last character by
+	// renaming the file.
+
+	const Common::CodePage tryCodePages[] = {
+		Common::kMacRoman,
+		Common::kISO8859_1
+	};
+
+	Common::String tryName(baseName);
+	Common::String fileName;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(tryCodePages); ++i) {
+		for (int ii = 0; ii < 2; ++ii) {
+			Common::MacResManager resource;
+
+			Common::U32String fn(tryName, tryCodePages[i]);
+			fileName = fn.encode(Common::kUtf8);
+			if (resource.exists(fileName))
+				return fileName;
+			fileName = Common::punycode_encodefilename(fn);
+			if (resource.exists(fileName))
+				return fileName;
+
+			tryName += "\xAA";
+		}
+	}
+
+	fileName.clear();
+	return fileName;
+}
+
 } // End of namespace Kyra
diff --git a/engines/kyra/engine/util.h b/engines/kyra/engine/util.h
index fd8e9f90a12..7f5fdc451ab 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/engine/util.h
+++ b/engines/kyra/engine/util.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public:
 	static Common::String convertUTF8ToDOS(Common::String &str);
 	static Common::String convertISOToUTF8(Common::String &str);
 	static void convertISOToDOS(char &c);
+
+	static Common::String findMacResourceFile(const char *baseName);
 };
 
 } // End of namespace Kyra
diff --git a/engines/kyra/resource/resource.cpp b/engines/kyra/resource/resource.cpp
index fc6311b2055..0d2cdc80de9 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/resource/resource.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/resource/resource.cpp
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "kyra/engine/util.h"
 #include "kyra/resource/resource.h"
 #include "kyra/resource/resource_intern.h"
 
 #include "common/config-manager.h"
-#include "common/macresman.h"
-#include "common/punycode.h"
+//#include "common/macresman.h"
+//#include "common/punycode.h"
 #include "common/fs.h"
 
 namespace Kyra {
@@ -66,33 +67,7 @@ bool Resource::reset() {
 		error("invalid game path '%s'", dir.getPath().c_str());
 
 	if (_vm->game() == GI_KYRA1 && _vm->gameFlags().platform == Common::kPlatformMacintosh && _vm->gameFlags().useInstallerPackage) {
-		const char *const tryFileNames[] = {
-			"Install Legend of Kyrandia",
-			"Install Legend of Kyrandia\xaa"
-		};
-
-		const Common::CodePage tryCodePages[] = {
-			Common::kMacRoman,
-			Common::kISO8859_1
-		};
-
-		Common::MacResManager resource;
-		Common::String kyraInstaller;
-
-		for (int i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(tryCodePages); ++i) {
-			for (int ii = 0; ii < ARRAYSIZE(tryFileNames); ++ii) {
-				Common::U32String fn(tryFileNames[ii], tryCodePages[i]);
-				kyraInstaller = fn.encode(Common::kUtf8);
-				if (resource.exists(kyraInstaller))
-					break;
-				kyraInstaller = Common::punycode_encodefilename(fn);
-				if (resource.exists(kyraInstaller))
-					break;
-				kyraInstaller.clear();
-			}
-			if (!kyraInstaller.empty())
-				break;
-		}
+		Common::String kyraInstaller = Util::findMacResourceFile("Install Legend of Kyrandia");
 
 		if (kyraInstaller.empty()) {
 			error("Could not find Legend of Kyrandia installer file");
diff --git a/engines/kyra/sound/sound_mac_lok.cpp b/engines/kyra/sound/sound_mac_lok.cpp
index ff4a1baacd1..34b988c062a 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/sound/sound_mac_lok.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/sound/sound_mac_lok.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include "kyra/engine/util.h"
 #include "kyra/resource/resource.h"
 #include "kyra/sound/sound_intern.h"
 #include "kyra/sound/sound_mac_res.h"
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "common/config-manager.h"
 #include "common/macresman.h"
-#include "common/punycode.h"
 #include "common/stuffit.h"
 
 #include "audio/mixer.h"
@@ -54,37 +54,7 @@ bool SoundMacRes::init() {
 		return false;
 
 	if (!_stuffItArchive) {
-		// The original executable has a TM char as its last character
-		// (character 0xaa from Mac code page). Depending on the emulator or
-		// platform used to copy the file it might have been reencoded to
-		// something else. So I look for multiple versions, also for punycode
-		// encoded files and also for the case where the user might have just
-		// removed the last character by renaming the file.
-
-		const Common::CodePage tryCodePages[] = {
-			Common::kMacRoman,
-			Common::kISO8859_1
-		};
-
-		const char *const tryExeNames[] = {
-			"Legend of Kyrandia\xaa",
-			"Legend of Kyrandia"
-		};
-
-		for (int i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(tryCodePages); ++i) {
-			for (int ii = 0; ii < ARRAYSIZE(tryExeNames); ++ii) {
-				Common::U32String fn(tryExeNames[ii], tryCodePages[i]);
-				_kyraMacExe = fn.encode(Common::kUtf8);
-				if (_macRes->exists(_kyraMacExe))
-					break;
-				_kyraMacExe = Common::punycode_encodefilename(fn);
-				if (_macRes->exists(_kyraMacExe))
-					break;
-				_kyraMacExe.clear();
-			}
-			if (!_kyraMacExe.empty())
-				break;
-		}
+		_kyraMacExe = Util::findMacResourceFile("Legend of Kyrandia");
 
 		if (_kyraMacExe.empty()) {
 			warning("SoundMacRes::init(): Legend of Kyrandia resource fork not found");