diff --git a/include/dwarfs/zstd_context_manager.h b/include/dwarfs/zstd_context_manager.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..943d2b6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/dwarfs/zstd_context_manager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et: */
+/**
+ * \author     Marcus Holland-Moritz (github@mhxnet.de)
+ * \copyright  Copyright (c) Marcus Holland-Moritz
+ *
+ * This file is part of dwarfs.
+ *
+ * dwarfs 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.
+ *
+ * dwarfs 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 dwarfs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <mutex>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <zstd.h>
+
+namespace dwarfs {
+
+class zstd_context_manager;
+
+class zstd_scoped_context {
+  friend class zstd_context_manager;
+
+ public:
+  ~zstd_scoped_context();
+
+  zstd_scoped_context(zstd_scoped_context&&) = default;
+  zstd_scoped_context& operator=(zstd_scoped_context&&) = default;
+
+  ZSTD_CCtx* get() const { return ctx_; }
+
+ private:
+  explicit zstd_scoped_context(zstd_context_manager* mgr);
+
+  zstd_context_manager* mgr_;
+  ZSTD_CCtx* ctx_;
+};
+
+class zstd_context_manager {
+  friend class zstd_scoped_context;
+
+ public:
+  zstd_context_manager() = default;
+
+  ~zstd_context_manager() {
+    for (auto ctx : ctx_) {
+      ZSTD_freeCCtx(ctx);
+    }
+  }
+
+  zstd_scoped_context make_context() { return zstd_scoped_context(this); }
+
+ private:
+  ZSTD_CCtx* acquire() {
+    std::lock_guard lock(mx_);
+    if (ctx_.empty()) {
+      return ZSTD_createCCtx();
+    }
+    auto ctx = ctx_.back();
+    ctx_.pop_back();
+    return ctx;
+  }
+
+  void release(ZSTD_CCtx* ctx) {
+    std::lock_guard lock(mx_);
+    ctx_.push_back(ctx);
+  }
+
+  std::mutex mx_;
+  std::vector<ZSTD_CCtx*> ctx_;
+};
+
+inline zstd_scoped_context::zstd_scoped_context(zstd_context_manager* mgr)
+    : mgr_{mgr}
+    , ctx_{mgr_->acquire()} {}
+
+inline zstd_scoped_context::~zstd_scoped_context() { mgr_->release(ctx_); }
+
+} // namespace dwarfs
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/compression/zstd.cpp b/src/dwarfs/compression/zstd.cpp
index a6634e5b..89220319 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/compression/zstd.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/compression/zstd.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "dwarfs/error.h"
 #include "dwarfs/fstypes.h"
 #include "dwarfs/option_map.h"
+#include "dwarfs/zstd_context_manager.h"
 
 #if ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 ||                                                  \
     (ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR >= 4)
@@ -75,85 +76,28 @@ class zstd_block_compressor final : public block_compressor::impl {
   }
 
  private:
-  class scoped_context;
-
-  class context_manager {
-   public:
-    context_manager() = default;
-
-    ~context_manager() {
-      for (auto ctx : ctx_) {
-        ZSTD_freeCCtx(ctx);
-      }
-    }
-
-   private:
-    friend class scoped_context;
-
-    ZSTD_CCtx* acquire() {
-      std::lock_guard lock(mx_);
-      if (ctx_.empty()) {
-        return ZSTD_createCCtx();
-      }
-      auto ctx = ctx_.back();
-      ctx_.pop_back();
-      return ctx;
-    }
-
-    void release(ZSTD_CCtx* ctx) {
-      std::lock_guard lock(mx_);
-      ctx_.push_back(ctx);
-    }
-
-    std::mutex mx_;
-    std::vector<ZSTD_CCtx*> ctx_;
-  };
-
-  class scoped_context {
-   public:
-    explicit scoped_context(context_manager& mgr)
-        : mgr_{&mgr}
-        , ctx_{mgr_->acquire()} {}
-    ~scoped_context() { mgr_->release(ctx_); }
-
-    scoped_context(scoped_context const&) = delete;
-    scoped_context(scoped_context&&) = default;
-    scoped_context& operator=(scoped_context const&) = delete;
-    scoped_context& operator=(scoped_context&&) = default;
-
-    ZSTD_CCtx* get() const { return ctx_; }
-
-   private:
-    context_manager* mgr_;
-    ZSTD_CCtx* ctx_;
-  };
-
-  static std::shared_ptr<context_manager> get_context_manager() {
+  static std::shared_ptr<zstd_context_manager> get_context_manager() {
     std::lock_guard lock(s_mx);
     if (auto mgr = s_ctxmgr.lock()) {
       return mgr;
     }
-    auto mgr = std::make_shared<context_manager>();
+    auto mgr = std::make_shared<zstd_context_manager>();
     s_ctxmgr = mgr;
     return mgr;
   }
 
-  static std::mutex s_mx;
-  static std::weak_ptr<context_manager> s_ctxmgr;
+  static inline std::mutex s_mx;
+  static inline std::weak_ptr<zstd_context_manager> s_ctxmgr;
 
-  std::shared_ptr<context_manager> ctxmgr_;
+  std::shared_ptr<zstd_context_manager> ctxmgr_;
   const int level_;
 };
 
-std::mutex zstd_block_compressor::s_mx;
-std::weak_ptr<zstd_block_compressor::context_manager>
-    zstd_block_compressor::s_ctxmgr;
-
 std::vector<uint8_t>
 zstd_block_compressor::compress(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data,
                                 std::string const* /*metadata*/) const {
   std::vector<uint8_t> compressed(ZSTD_compressBound(data.size()));
-  scoped_context ctx(*ctxmgr_);
+  auto ctx = ctxmgr_->make_context();
   auto size = ZSTD_compressCCtx(ctx.get(), compressed.data(), compressed.size(),
                                 data.data(), data.size(), level_);
   if (ZSTD_isError(size)) {