diff --git a/packages/common/vpu-lit-element-jquery.js b/packages/common/vpu-lit-element-jquery.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f27beb4e25bcc77bf7d4beb5e24acf763c82062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/common/vpu-lit-element-jquery.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {VPULitElement} from "vpu-lit-element";
+import $ from "jquery";
+
+export default class VPULitElementJQuery extends VPULitElement {
+    $(selector) {
+        return $(this._(selector));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/vpu-lit-element.js b/packages/common/vpu-lit-element.js
index 817bbf92f17b0c2f8e20e48ed18d9ea0f71365e2..638954350792a803fa662468c1a1a823a019d8fc 100644
--- a/packages/common/vpu-lit-element.js
+++ b/packages/common/vpu-lit-element.js
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import {LitElement} from "lit-element";
-import $ from "jquery";
 
 export default class VPULitElement extends LitElement {
-    $(selector) {
-        return $(this._(selector));
-    }
-
     _(selector) {
         return this.shadowRoot === null ? this.querySelector(selector) : this.shadowRoot.querySelector(selector);
     }