diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ca8700fe97..d1706e0729 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ src_libnm_base_libnm_base_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/libnm-base/nm-ethtool-base.c \
 	src/libnm-base/nm-ethtool-base.h \
 	src/libnm-base/nm-ethtool-utils-base.h \
+	src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.c \
+	src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.h \
 	$(NULL)
 
 src_libnm_base_libnm_base_la_LDFLAGS = \
diff --git a/src/libnm-base/meson.build b/src/libnm-base/meson.build
index ed11e0a6da..d7e7a1b85f 100644
--- a/src/libnm-base/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-base/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ libnm_base = static_library(
   'nm-base',
   sources: files(
     'nm-ethtool-base.c',
+    'nm-net-aux.c',
   ),
   include_directories: [
     src_inc,
diff --git a/src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.c b/src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..625da726cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#include "libnm-glib-aux/nm-default-glib-i18n-lib.h"
+
+#include "nm-net-aux.h"
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.h b/src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d53add6209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-base/nm-net-aux.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#ifndef __NM_NET_AUX_H__
+#define __NM_NET_AUX_H__
+
+#endif /* __NM_NET_AUX_H__ */