diff --git a/crypto/bip39.c b/crypto/bip39.c
index 95ebed3db..2dae55c7b 100644
--- a/crypto/bip39.c
+++ b/crypto/bip39.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "bip39.h"
-#include "bip39_english.h"
 #include "hmac.h"
 #include "memzero.h"
 #include "options.h"
@@ -87,8 +86,8 @@ const char *mnemonic_from_data(const uint8_t *data, int len) {
       idx <<= 1;
       idx += (bits[(i * 11 + j) / 8] & (1 << (7 - ((i * 11 + j) % 8)))) > 0;
     }
-    strcpy(p, wordlist[idx]);
-    p += strlen(wordlist[idx]);
+    strcpy(p, BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[idx]);
+    p += strlen(BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[idx]);
     *p = (i < mlen - 1) ? ' ' : 0;
     p++;
   }
@@ -144,10 +143,11 @@ int mnemonic_to_bits(const char *mnemonic, uint8_t *bits) {
     }
     k = 0;
     for (;;) {
-      if (!wordlist[k]) {  // word not found
+      if (!BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[k]) {  // word not found
         return 0;
       }
-      if (strcmp(current_word, wordlist[k]) == 0) {  // word found on index k
+      if (strcmp(current_word, BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[k]) ==
+          0) {  // word found on index k
         for (ki = 0; ki < 11; ki++) {
           if (k & (1 << (10 - ki))) {
             result[bi / 8] |= 1 << (7 - (bi % 8));
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int mnemonic_find_word(const char *word) {
   int lo = 0, hi = BIP39_WORDS - 1;
   while (lo <= hi) {
     int mid = lo + (hi - lo) / 2;
-    int cmp = strcmp(word, wordlist[mid]);
+    int cmp = strcmp(word, BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[mid]);
     if (cmp == 0) {
       return mid;
     }
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ int mnemonic_find_word(const char *word) {
 const char *mnemonic_complete_word(const char *prefix, int len) {
   // we need to perform linear search,
   // because we want to return the first match
-  for (const char *const *w = wordlist; *w != 0; w++) {
-    if (strncmp(*w, prefix, len) == 0) {
-      return *w;
+  for (int i = 0; i < BIP39_WORDS; i++) {
+    if (strncmp(BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[i], prefix, len) == 0) {
+      return BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[i];
     }
   }
   return NULL;
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ const char *mnemonic_complete_word(const char *prefix, int len) {
 
 const char *mnemonic_get_word(int index) {
   if (index >= 0 && index < BIP39_WORDS) {
-    return wordlist[index];
+    return BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[index];
   } else {
     return NULL;
   }
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ uint32_t mnemonic_word_completion_mask(const char *prefix, int len) {
     return 0x3ffffff;  // all letters (bits 1-26 set)
   }
   uint32_t res = 0;
-  for (const char *const *w = wordlist; *w != 0; w++) {
-    const char *word = *w;
+  for (int i = 0; i < BIP39_WORDS; i++) {
+    const char *word = BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[i];
     if (strncmp(word, prefix, len) == 0 && word[len] >= 'a' &&
         word[len] <= 'z') {
       res |= 1 << (word[len] - 'a');
diff --git a/crypto/bip39.h b/crypto/bip39.h
index 3db8efc35..682ee577e 100644
--- a/crypto/bip39.h
+++ b/crypto/bip39.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 void bip39_cache_clear(void);
 #endif
 
+extern const char *const BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[BIP39_WORDS];
+
 const char *mnemonic_generate(int strength);  // strength in bits
 const char *mnemonic_from_data(const uint8_t *data, int len);
 void mnemonic_clear(void);
diff --git a/crypto/bip39_english.h b/crypto/bip39_english.c
similarity index 99%
rename from crypto/bip39_english.h
rename to crypto/bip39_english.c
index c57fca365..31a36f35d 100644
--- a/crypto/bip39_english.h
+++ b/crypto/bip39_english.c
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
  * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-static const char* const wordlist[] = {
+#include "bip39.h"
+
+const char* const BIP39_WORDLIST_ENGLISH[BIP39_WORDS] = {
     "abandon",  "ability",  "able",     "about",    "above",    "absent",
     "absorb",   "abstract", "absurd",   "abuse",    "access",   "accident",
     "account",  "accuse",   "achieve",  "acid",     "acoustic", "acquire",
@@ -363,5 +365,5 @@ static const char* const wordlist[] = {
     "work",     "world",    "worry",    "worth",    "wrap",     "wreck",
     "wrestle",  "wrist",    "write",    "wrong",    "yard",     "year",
     "yellow",   "you",      "young",    "youth",    "zebra",    "zero",
-    "zone",     "zoo",      0,
+    "zone",     "zoo",
 };