diff --git a/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/Constants.cpp b/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/Constants.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc6751f059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/Constants.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) 2019 FIRST. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "Constants.h"
+
+namespace DriveConstants {
+
+const frc::MecanumDriveKinematics kDriveKinematics{
+    frc::Translation2d(kWheelBase / 2, kTrackWidth / 2),
+    frc::Translation2d(kWheelBase / 2, -kTrackWidth / 2),
+    frc::Translation2d(-kWheelBase / 2, kTrackWidth / 2),
+    frc::Translation2d(-kWheelBase / 2, -kTrackWidth / 2)};
+
+}  // namespace DriveConstants
diff --git a/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/RobotContainer.cpp b/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/RobotContainer.cpp
index c7379cbacd..756deaae6a 100644
--- a/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/RobotContainer.cpp
+++ b/wpilibcExamples/src/main/cpp/examples/MecanumControllerCommand/cpp/RobotContainer.cpp
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 
 using namespace DriveConstants;
 
-const frc::MecanumDriveKinematics DriveConstants::kDriveKinematics{
-    frc::Translation2d(kWheelBase / 2, kTrackWidth / 2),
-    frc::Translation2d(kWheelBase / 2, -kTrackWidth / 2),
-    frc::Translation2d(-kWheelBase / 2, kTrackWidth / 2),
-    frc::Translation2d(-kWheelBase / 2, -kTrackWidth / 2)};
-
 RobotContainer::RobotContainer() {
   // Initialize all of your commands and subsystems here