diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 8cea90e9d6..3b53ce1a75 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         module-util.h
         mount-util.c
         mount-util.h
+        netif-naming-scheme.c
+        netif-naming-scheme.h
         nscd-flush.c
         nscd-flush.h
         nsflags.c
diff --git a/src/udev/net/naming-scheme.c b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
similarity index 98%
rename from src/udev/net/naming-scheme.c
rename to src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
index 0d7f413e9e..ba8dd9228d 100644
--- a/src/udev/net/naming-scheme.c
+++ b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+
 #include "alloc-util.h"
-#include "naming-scheme.h"
+#include "netif-naming-scheme.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
 #include "string-util.h"
 
diff --git a/src/udev/net/naming-scheme.h b/src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/udev/net/naming-scheme.h
rename to src/shared/netif-naming-scheme.h
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index 991d2eb24b..173b10be50 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ libudev_core_sources = '''
         udev-builtin-usb_id.c
         net/link-config.c
         net/link-config.h
-        net/naming-scheme.c
-        net/naming-scheme.h
 '''.split()
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_KMOD') == 1
diff --git a/src/udev/net/link-config.c b/src/udev/net/link-config.c
index ad97a89447..d199d83411 100644
--- a/src/udev/net/link-config.c
+++ b/src/udev/net/link-config.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "link-config.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "memory-util.h"
-#include "naming-scheme.h"
+#include "netif-naming-scheme.h"
 #include "netlink-util.h"
 #include "network-internal.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
diff --git a/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c b/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c
index da3fcc97e8..e94fff2520 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-builtin-net_id.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "fs-util.h"
-#include "naming-scheme.h"
+#include "netif-naming-scheme.h"
 #include "parse-util.h"
 #include "proc-cmdline.h"
 #include "stdio-util.h"