diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 109326c309..1a6b756a61 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ src_libnm_glib_aux_libnm_glib_aux_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-glib.h \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-hash-utils.c \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-hash-utils.h \
+	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.c \
+	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.h \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-io-utils.c \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-io-utils.h \
 	src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-jansson.h \
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build b/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build
index 4f13fd0b17..d5e88e6b7a 100644
--- a/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ libnm_glib_aux = static_library(
     'nm-enum-utils.c',
     'nm-errno.c',
     'nm-hash-utils.c',
+    'nm-inet-utils.c',
     'nm-io-utils.c',
     'nm-json-aux.c',
     'nm-keyfile-aux.c',
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.c b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e79af2050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#include "libnm-glib-aux/nm-default-glib-i18n-lib.h"
+
+#include "nm-inet-utils.h"
diff --git a/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.h b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3314c9d191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-inet-utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#ifndef __NM_INET_UTILS_H__
+#define __NM_INET_UTILS_H__
+
+#endif /* __NM_INET_UTILS_H__ */