diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 11450fdda2..41f55300a7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ src_libnm_platform_libnm_platform_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/libnm-platform/nm-platform-utils.h \
 	src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.c \
 	src/libnm-platform/nm-platform.h \
+	src/libnm-platform/nmp-base.c \
 	src/libnm-platform/nmp-base.h \
 	src/libnm-platform/nmp-global-tracker.c \
 	src/libnm-platform/nmp-global-tracker.h \
diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/meson.build b/src/libnm-platform/meson.build
index 90df2bc7c3..696ca1a6fa 100644
--- a/src/libnm-platform/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ libnm_platform = static_library(
     'nm-netlink.c',
     'nm-platform-utils.c',
     'nm-platform.c',
+    'nmp-base.c',
     'nmp-global-tracker.c',
     'nmp-netns.c',
     'nmp-object.c',
diff --git a/src/libnm-platform/nmp-base.c b/src/libnm-platform/nmp-base.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ea327fdb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-platform/nmp-base.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 - 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include "libnm-glib-aux/nm-default-glib-i18n-lib.h"
+
+#include "nmp-base.h"