diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 4f83eb67a0..9a3361bb07 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'uid-classification.c',
         'uid-range.c',
         'unit-def.c',
-        'unit-file.c',
         'unit-name.c',
         'user-util.c',
         'utf8.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 8fc39429e5..7b519e9ee8 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'tpm2-util.c',
         'tpm2-event-log.c',
         'udev-util.c',
+        'unit-file.c',
         'user-record-nss.c',
         'user-record-show.c',
         'user-record.c',
diff --git a/src/basic/unit-file.c b/src/shared/unit-file.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/unit-file.c
rename to src/shared/unit-file.c
diff --git a/src/basic/unit-file.h b/src/shared/unit-file.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/unit-file.h
rename to src/shared/unit-file.h