diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e0a3c53529..82c6de900c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1577,7 +1577,6 @@ includes = include_directories('src/basic',
                                'src/libsystemd/sd-netlink',
                                'src/libsystemd/sd-network',
                                'src/libsystemd/sd-resolve',
-                               'src/libudev',
                                'src/login',
                                'src/nspawn',
                                'src/resolve',
@@ -3162,7 +3161,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_HWDB') == 1
                 'src/hwdb/hwdb.c',
                 'src/libsystemd/sd-hwdb/hwdb-internal.h',
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libudev_static],
+                link_with : udev_link_with,
                 install_rpath : udev_rpath,
                 install : true,
                 install_dir : rootbindir)
@@ -3194,8 +3193,7 @@ public_programs += executable(
         udevadm_sources,
         c_args : '-DLOG_REALM=LOG_REALM_UDEV',
         include_directories : includes,
-        link_with : [libudev_core,
-                     libudev_static],
+        link_with : [libudevd_core],
         dependencies : [versiondep,
                         threads,
                         libkmod,
@@ -3274,7 +3272,6 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
                 include_directories : network_include_dir,
                 link_with : [libnetworkd_core,
                              libsystemd_network,
-                             libudev_static,
                              networkd_link_with],
                 dependencies : [threads],
                 install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
@@ -3412,7 +3409,7 @@ endif
 exe = executable(
         'test-libudev-sym',
         test_libudev_sym_c,
-        include_directories : includes,
+        include_directories : libudev_includes,
         c_args : '-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
         link_with : [libudev],
         build_by_default : want_tests != 'false',
@@ -3425,7 +3422,7 @@ endif
 exe = executable(
         'test-libudev-static-sym',
         test_libudev_sym_c,
-        include_directories : includes,
+        include_directories : libudev_includes,
         c_args : '-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
         link_with : [install_libudev_static],
         build_by_default : want_tests != 'false' and static_libudev_pic,
diff --git a/src/fuzz/meson.build b/src/fuzz/meson.build
index f8f0c386b3..80fa0f6fcc 100644
--- a/src/fuzz/meson.build
+++ b/src/fuzz/meson.build
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ fuzzers += [
          []],
 
         [['src/fuzz/fuzz-udev-rules.c'],
-         [libudev_core,
-          libudev_static,
+         [libudevd_core,
           libshared],
          [threads,
           libacl]],
diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
index 4123873c60..805007782c 100644
--- a/src/network/meson.build
+++ b/src/network/meson.build
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
     [['src/network/fuzz-netdev-parser.c',
       'src/fuzz/fuzz.h'],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libudev_static,
       libsystemd_network,
       networkd_link_with],
      [threads],
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
     [['src/network/fuzz-network-parser.c',
       'src/fuzz/fuzz.h'],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libudev_static,
       libsystemd_network,
       networkd_link_with],
      [threads],
@@ -265,13 +263,11 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
         tests += [
     [['src/network/test-networkd-conf.c'],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libsystemd_network,
-      libudev],
+      libsystemd_network],
      [], '', '', [], network_include_dir],
 
     [['src/network/test-network.c'],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libudev_static,
       libsystemd_network,
       networkd_link_with],
      [threads],
@@ -279,14 +275,12 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_NETWORKD') == 1
 
     [['src/network/test-routing-policy-rule.c'],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libsystemd_network,
-      libudev],
+      libsystemd_network],
      [], '', '', [], network_include_dir],
 
     [['src/network/test-network-tables.c',
       test_tables_h],
      [libnetworkd_core,
-      libudev_static,
       libsystemd_network,
       networkd_link_with],
      [threads],
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index cc9501f5b2..b43fe9c6d9 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ libshared_static = static_library(
 
 libshared = shared_library(
         libshared_name,
-        libudev_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
         link_args : ['-shared',
                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + libshared_sym_path],
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 3afe5d58cb..0cfc709f44 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ tests += [
 
         [['src/test/test-engine.c'],
          [libcore,
-          libudev,
           libshared],
          [threads,
           librt,
@@ -520,8 +519,7 @@ tests += [
           'src/journal/journald-server.h'],
          [libcore,
           libjournal_core,
-          libudev_core,
-          libudev_static,
+          libudevd_core,
           libshared],
          [threads,
           libseccomp,
@@ -529,7 +527,7 @@ tests += [
           libxz,
           liblz4,
           libblkid],
-         '', '', [], libudev_core_includes],
+         '', '', [], libudevd_core_includes],
 
         [['src/test/test-prioq.c'],
          [],
@@ -751,12 +749,13 @@ tests += [
          []],
 
         [['src/test/test-libudev.c'],
-         [libshared],
-         []],
+         [libshared,
+          libudev_static],
+         [],
+         '', '', [], libudev_includes],
 
         [['src/test/test-udev.c'],
-         [libudev_core,
-          libudev_static,
+         [libudevd_core,
           libshared],
          [threads,
           librt,
@@ -1067,7 +1066,8 @@ tests += [
          [libbasic,
           libshared_static,
           libudev],
-         [threads]],
+         [threads],
+         '', '', [], libudev_includes],
 
         [['src/libsystemd/sd-device/test-sd-device-monitor.c'],
          [],
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index d67b459388..9170b58a8a 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ udevadm_sources = files('''
         udevd.c
 '''.split())
 
-libudev_core_sources = '''
+libudevd_core_sources = '''
         udev-ctrl.c
         udev-ctrl.h
         udev-event.c
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ libudev_core_sources = '''
 '''.split()
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_KMOD') == 1
-        libudev_core_sources += ['udev-builtin-kmod.c']
+        libudevd_core_sources += ['udev-builtin-kmod.c']
 endif
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_BLKID') == 1
-        libudev_core_sources += ['udev-builtin-blkid.c']
+        libudevd_core_sources += ['udev-builtin-blkid.c']
 endif
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_ACL') == 1
-        libudev_core_sources += ['udev-builtin-uaccess.c',
-                                 logind_acl_c,
-                                 sd_login_sources]
+        libudevd_core_sources += ['udev-builtin-uaccess.c',
+                                  logind_acl_c,
+                                  sd_login_sources]
 endif
 
 ############################################################
@@ -105,15 +105,17 @@ else
         udev_rpath = ''
 endif
 
+libudev_includes = [includes, include_directories('../libudev')]
+
 libudev_basic = static_library(
         'udev-basic',
         libudev_sources,
-        include_directories : includes,
+        include_directories : libudev_includes,
         c_args : ['-fvisibility=default'])
 
 libudev_static = static_library(
         'udev_static',
-        include_directories : includes,
+        include_directories : libudev_includes,
         link_with : udev_link_with,
         link_whole : libudev_basic)
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ install_libudev_static = static_library(
         libsystemd_sources,
         libudev_sources,
         disable_mempool_c,
-        include_directories : includes,
+        include_directories : libudev_includes,
         build_by_default : static_libudev != 'false',
         install : static_libudev != 'false',
         install_dir : rootlibdir,
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ libudev = shared_library(
         'udev',
         disable_mempool_c,
         version : libudev_version,
-        include_directories : includes,
+        include_directories : libudev_includes,
         link_args : ['-shared',
                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + libudev_sym_path],
         link_with : [libsystemd_static, libshared_static],
@@ -149,13 +151,15 @@ libudev = shared_library(
         install : true,
         install_dir : rootlibdir)
 
-libudev_core_includes = [includes, include_directories('net')]
-libudev_core = static_library(
+############################################################
+
+libudevd_core_includes = [includes, include_directories('net')]
+libudevd_core = static_library(
         'udev-core',
-        libudev_core_sources,
+        libudevd_core_sources,
         link_config_gperf_c,
         keyboard_keys_from_name_h,
-        include_directories : libudev_core_includes,
+        include_directories : libudevd_core_includes,
         c_args : ['-DLOG_REALM=LOG_REALM_UDEV'],
         link_with : udev_link_with,
         dependencies : [libblkid, libkmod])
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ foreach prog : [['ata_id/ata_id.c'],
                    include_directories : includes,
                    c_args : ['-DLOG_REALM=LOG_REALM_UDEV'],
                    dependencies : [versiondep],
-                   link_with : [libudev_static],
+                   link_with : udev_link_with,
                    install_rpath : udev_rpath,
                    install : true,
                    install_dir : udevlibexecdir)
@@ -204,8 +208,7 @@ endif
 fuzzers += [
         [['src/udev/net/fuzz-link-parser.c',
           'src/fuzz/fuzz.h'],
-         [libudev_core,
-          libudev_static,
+         [libudevd_core,
           libshared],
          [threads,
           libacl]],