diff --git a/native/jni/Android.mk b/native/jni/Android.mk
index 0f7aef2..edcc067 100644
--- a/native/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/native/jni/Android.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 LATIN_IME_JNI_SRC_FILES := \
     com_android_inputmethod_keyboard_ProximityInfo.cpp \
     com_android_inputmethod_latin_BinaryDictionary.cpp \
+    com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.cpp \
     jni_common.cpp
 
 LATIN_IME_CORE_SRC_FILES := \
diff --git a/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.cpp b/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1e586a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#include "com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.h"
+#include "jni.h"
+#include "jni_common.h"
+
+#include <math.h>
+
+namespace latinime {
+
+static float latinime_NativeUtils_powf(float x, float y) {
+    return powf(x, y);
+}
+
+static JNINativeMethod sMethods[] = {
+    {"powf", "(FF)F", (void*)latinime_NativeUtils_powf}
+};
+
+int register_NativeUtils(JNIEnv *env) {
+    const char* const kClassPathName = "com/android/inputmethod/latin/NativeUtils";
+    return registerNativeMethods(env, kClassPathName, sMethods,
+            sizeof(sMethods) / sizeof(sMethods[0]));
+}
+
+} // namespace latinime
diff --git a/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.h b/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13a348a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+**
+** Copyright 2012, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _COM_ANDROID_INPUTMETHOD_LATIN_NATIVEUTILS_H
+#define _COM_ANDROID_INPUTMETHOD_LATIN_NATIVEUTILS_H
+
+#include "jni.h"
+
+namespace latinime {
+
+int register_NativeUtils(JNIEnv *env);
+
+}
+
+#endif // _COM_ANDROID_INPUTMETHOD_LATIN_NATIVEUTILS_H
diff --git a/native/jni/jni_common.cpp b/native/jni/jni_common.cpp
index b9e2c32..1314bab 100644
--- a/native/jni/jni_common.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/jni_common.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "com_android_inputmethod_keyboard_ProximityInfo.h"
 #include "com_android_inputmethod_latin_BinaryDictionary.h"
+#include "com_android_inputmethod_latin_NativeUtils.h"
 #include "defines.h"
 #include "jni.h"
 #include "proximity_info.h"
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@
         goto bail;
     }
 
+    if (!register_NativeUtils(env)) {
+        AKLOGE("ERROR: NativeUtils native registration failed");
+        goto bail;
+    }
+
     /* success -- return valid version number */
     result = JNI_VERSION_1_4;