diff --git a/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/meson.build b/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/meson.build
index 4efab85136..74bacff316 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/meson.build
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ shared_module('fbdevhw',
     link_with: xserver_exec,
 )
 
-install_data('fbdevhw.h', install_dir: xorgsdkdir)
-
 install_man(configure_file(
     input: 'man/fbdevhw.man',
     output: 'fbdevhw.4',
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.h b/include/fbdevhw.h
similarity index 100%
rename from hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.h
rename to include/fbdevhw.h
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index a0dd5f6e6d..f8d0c6e81c 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ if build_xorg
             'extinit.h',
             'extnsionst.h',
             'fb.h',
+            'fbdevhw.h',
             'fboverlay.h',
             'fbpict.h',
             'fbrop.h',