diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 052b145104..8e914d5e10 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ basic_sources = files(
         'initrd-util.c',
         'inotify-util.c',
         'io-util.c',
-        'ioprio-util.c',
         'iovec-util.c',
         'iovec-wrapper.c',
         'label.c',
diff --git a/src/basic/ioprio-util.c b/src/shared/ioprio-util.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/ioprio-util.c
rename to src/shared/ioprio-util.c
diff --git a/src/basic/ioprio-util.h b/src/shared/ioprio-util.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/basic/ioprio-util.h
rename to src/shared/ioprio-util.h
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 38dd3b498d..2336e6a7df 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ shared_sources = files(
         'install-file.c',
         'install-printf.c',
         'install.c',
+        'ioprio-util.c',
         'ip-protocol-list.c',
         'ipvlan-util.c',
         'journal-file-util.c',