diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d960462126..1806992bb5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -2569,6 +2569,8 @@ src_core_libNetworkManager_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/core/nm-dhcp-config.h \
 	src/core/nm-dispatcher.c \
 	src/core/nm-dispatcher.h \
+	src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c \
+	src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h \
 	src/core/nm-firewalld-manager.c \
 	src/core/nm-firewalld-manager.h \
 	src/core/nm-proxy-config.c \
diff --git a/src/core/meson.build b/src/core/meson.build
index da85b06dbc..ba7dad998b 100644
--- a/src/core/meson.build
+++ b/src/core/meson.build
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ libNetworkManager = static_library(
     'nm-dcb.c',
     'nm-dhcp-config.c',
     'nm-dispatcher.c',
+    'nm-firewall-utils.c',
     'nm-firewalld-manager.c',
     'nm-hostname-manager.c',
     'nm-keep-alive.c',
diff --git a/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d2c72af0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Novell, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include "src/core/nm-default-daemon.h"
+
+#include "nm-firewall-utils.h"
diff --git a/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..868e242887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/nm-firewall-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 - 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Novell, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_FIREWALL_UTILS_H__
+#define __NM_FIREWALL_UTILS_H__
+
+#endif /* __NM_FIREWALL_UTILS_H__ */