diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0de6959d09..da6a222a9a 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ shared_nm_glib_aux_libnm_glib_aux_la_SOURCES = \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-io-utils.c \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-io-utils.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-jansson.h \
+	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.c \
+	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-keyfile-aux.c \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-keyfile-aux.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-fwd.h \
diff --git a/shared/meson.build b/shared/meson.build
index ddb991094c..fdb9cc0fee 100644
--- a/shared/meson.build
+++ b/shared/meson.build
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ shared_nm_glib_aux = static_library(
                    'nm-glib-aux/nm-errno.c',
                    'nm-glib-aux/nm-hash-utils.c',
                    'nm-glib-aux/nm-io-utils.c',
+                   'nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.c',
                    'nm-glib-aux/nm-keyfile-aux.c',
                    'nm-glib-aux/nm-random-utils.c',
                    'nm-glib-aux/nm-secret-utils.c',
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7ec100df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include "nm-default.h"
+
+#include "nm-json-aux.h"
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a3496c4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_JSON_AUX_H__
+#define __NM_JSON_AUX_H__
+
+#endif  /* __NM_JSON_AUX_H__ */