diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/meson.build b/kernel/linux/kni/meson.build
index d696347f22..07e0c9dae7 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/meson.build
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ custom_target('rte_kni',
 		'src=' + meson.current_source_dir(),
 		'MODULE_CFLAGS=-include ' + meson.source_root() + '/config/rte_config.h' +
 		' -I' + meson.source_root() + '/lib/librte_eal/include' +
-		' -I' + meson.source_root() + '/lib/librte_eal/linux/include' +
+		' -I' + meson.source_root() + '/lib/librte_kni' +
 		' -I' + meson.build_root() +
 		' -I' + meson.current_source_dir(),
 		'modules'],
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/meson.build b/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/meson.build
index 1241894b3c..7d18dd52f1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 includes += include_directories('.')
 
 headers += files(
-        'rte_kni_common.h',
         'rte_os.h',
 )
diff --git a/lib/librte_kni/meson.build b/lib/librte_kni/meson.build
index 963eae6fe0..ad598bb3d0 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kni/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_kni/meson.build
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ if not is_linux or not dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64')
 	reason = 'only supported on 64-bit linux'
 endif
 sources = files('rte_kni.c')
-headers = files('rte_kni.h')
+headers = files('rte_kni.h', 'rte_kni_common.h')
 deps += ['ethdev', 'pci']
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/rte_kni_common.h b/lib/librte_kni/rte_kni_common.h
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/librte_eal/linux/include/rte_kni_common.h
rename to lib/librte_kni/rte_kni_common.h