diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 9b89fdcdea..7b5a6f9cfe 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'ratelimit.h',
         'raw-clone.h',
         'raw-reboot.h',
-        'recovery-key.c',
-        'recovery-key.h',
         'recurse-dir.c',
         'recurse-dir.h',
         'replace-var.c',
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 1d4e4a07c0..1ddbfac677 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'quota-util.h',
         'reboot-util.c',
         'reboot-util.h',
+        'recovery-key.c',
+        'recovery-key.h',
         'resize-fs.c',
         'resize-fs.h',
         'resolve-util.c',
diff --git a/src/basic/recovery-key.c b/src/shared/recovery-key.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/recovery-key.c
rename to src/shared/recovery-key.c
diff --git a/src/basic/recovery-key.h b/src/shared/recovery-key.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/recovery-key.h
rename to src/shared/recovery-key.h