diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 9b016ce5e8..666537868b 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ basic_sources = files('''
         chattr-util.h
         conf-files.c
         conf-files.h
-        creds-util.c
-        creds-util.h
         def.h
         dirent-util.c
         dirent-util.h
diff --git a/src/basic/creds-util.c b/src/shared/creds-util.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/creds-util.c
rename to src/shared/creds-util.c
diff --git a/src/basic/creds-util.h b/src/shared/creds-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/creds-util.h
rename to src/shared/creds-util.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 7eb7050062..1f741f7417 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         coredump-util.h
         cpu-set-util.c
         cpu-set-util.h
+        creds-util.c
+        creds-util.h
         cryptsetup-util.c
         cryptsetup-util.h
         daemon-util.h