diff --git a/src/benchmark/mod.rs b/src/benchmark/mod.rs
index e2b6f6f..3d4bd14 100644
--- a/src/benchmark/mod.rs
+++ b/src/benchmark/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::output::warnings::Warnings;
 use crate::shell::execute_and_time;
 use crate::timer::wallclocktimer::WallClockTimer;
 use crate::timer::{TimerStart, TimerStop};
+use crate::util::exit_code::extract_exit_code;
 use crate::util::min_max::{max, min};
 use crate::util::units::Second;
 
@@ -223,27 +224,6 @@ fn run_cleanup_command(
     run_intermediate_command(shell, command, output_policy, error_output)
 }
 
-#[cfg(unix)]
-fn extract_exit_code(status: ExitStatus) -> Option<i32> {
-    use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
-
-    /* From the ExitStatus::code documentation:
-       "On Unix, this will return None if the process was terminated by a signal."
-       In that case, ExitStatusExt::signal should never return None.
-    */
-    status.code().or_else(||
-        /* To differentiate between "normal" exit codes and signals, we are using
-           something similar to bash exit codes (https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html)
-           by adding 128 to a signal integer value.
-         */
-        status.signal().map(|s| 128 + s))
-}
-
-#[cfg(not(unix))]
-fn extract_exit_code(status: ExitStatus) -> Option<i32> {
-    status.code()
-}
-
 /// Run the benchmark for a single shell command
 pub fn run_benchmark(
     num: usize,
diff --git a/src/util/exit_code.rs b/src/util/exit_code.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad30b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/exit_code.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::process::ExitStatus;
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn extract_exit_code(status: ExitStatus) -> Option<i32> {
+    use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+
+    // From the ExitStatus::code documentation:
+    //
+    //   "On Unix, this will return None if the process was terminated by a signal."
+    //
+    // In that case, ExitStatusExt::signal should never return None.
+    //
+    // To differentiate between "normal" exit codes and signals, we are using a technique
+    // similar to bash (https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html) and add 128 to the
+    // signal value.
+    status.code().or_else(|| status.signal().map(|s| s + 128))
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+pub fn extract_exit_code(status: ExitStatus) -> Option<i32> {
+    status.code()
+}
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index bdf1dea..8f5e063 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod exit_code;
 pub mod min_max;
 pub mod number;
 pub mod units;