diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dedc52f58d..ec3bb605f2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1714,6 +1714,7 @@ subdir('src/udev')
 subdir('src/network')
 
 subdir('src/analyze')
+subdir('src/busctl')
 subdir('src/cryptenroll')
 subdir('src/cryptsetup')
 subdir('src/journal-remote')
@@ -3015,9 +3016,7 @@ public_programs += executable(
 
 public_programs += executable(
         'busctl',
-        'src/busctl/busctl.c',
-        'src/busctl/busctl-introspect.c',
-        'src/busctl/busctl-introspect.h',
+        busctl_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
         link_with : [libshared],
         install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
diff --git a/src/busctl/meson.build b/src/busctl/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aacd0b270d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/busctl/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+busctl_sources = files(
+        'busctl-introspect.c',
+        'busctl-introspect.h',
+        'busctl.c')