diff --git a/chirp/drivers/icf.py b/chirp/drivers/icf.py
index c0acbd668..843204dfe 100644
--- a/chirp/drivers/icf.py
+++ b/chirp/drivers/icf.py
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ def get_bank_model(self):
             return None
 
 
-def warp_byte_size(inbytes, obw=8, ibw=8):
+def warp_byte_size(inbytes, obw=8, ibw=8, iskip=0, opad=0):
     """Convert between "byte sizes".
 
     This will pack N-bit characters into a sequence of 8-bit bytes,
@@ -1042,17 +1042,23 @@ def warp_byte_size(inbytes, obw=8, ibw=8):
 
     ibw (input bit width) is the width of the storage
     obw (output bit width) is the width of the characters to extract
+    iskip is the number of input padding bits to skip
+    opad is the number of output zero padding bits to add
 
     ibw=8,obw=7 will pull seven-bit characters from a sequence of bytes
     ibw=7,obw=8 will pack seven-bit characters into a sequence of bytes
     """
     if isinstance(inbytes, str):
         inbytes = [ord(x) for x in inbytes]
-    outbit = 0
+    outbit = opad
     tmp = 0
     stripmask = 1 << (ibw - 1)
     for byte in inbytes:
         inbit = 0
+        while iskip:
+            byte = (byte << 1) & 0xFF
+            inbit += 1
+            iskip -= 1
         for i in range(0, max(obw, ibw - inbit)):
             if inbit == ibw:
                 # Move to next char
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_icf.py b/tests/unit/test_icf.py
index 08bd74d04..cc30ee23b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_icf.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_icf.py
@@ -159,3 +159,32 @@ def test_pack(self):
         f = icf.IcfFrame(icf.ADDR_PC, icf.ADDR_RADIO, icf.CMD_CLONE_ID)
         f.payload = b'\x01\x02'
         self.assertEqual(b'\xfe\xfe\xee\xef\xe0\x01\x02\xfd', f.pack())
+
+
+class TestICFUtil(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_warp_byte_size(self):
+        # 4-bit chars to 8-bit bytes
+        input = bytes([0x12, 0x34])
+        output = bytes(icf.warp_byte_size(input, obw=4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'\x01\x02\x03\x04', output)
+
+    def test_warp_byte_size_skip(self):
+        # 4-bit chars to 8-bit bytes with 4 bits of padding ignored
+        input = bytes([0x12, 0x34])
+        output = bytes(icf.warp_byte_size(input, obw=4, iskip=4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'\x02\x03\x04', output)
+
+    def test_warp_byte_size_pad(self):
+        # 8-bit bytes to 4-bit chars, with 4 bits of padding added
+        input = bytes([2, 3, 4])
+        output = bytes(icf.warp_byte_size(input, ibw=4, opad=4))
+        self.assertEqual(b'\x02\x34', output)
+
+    def test_warp_byte_size_symmetric_padded(self):
+        # Make sure we can go from 8->4-> with padding and get back what we
+        # put in
+        ref = bytes([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
+        stored = bytes(icf.warp_byte_size(bytes(ref), ibw=6, opad=4))
+        self.assertEqual(5, len(bytes(stored)))
+        self.assertEqual(ref,
+                         bytes(icf.warp_byte_size(stored, obw=6, iskip=4)))