diff --git a/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build b/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
index 2e34856152..85f8c5e347 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
+++ b/hw/xfree86/compat/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 srcs_xorg_compat = [
     'clientexception.c',
     'log.c',
+    'mioverlay.c',
     'nvidiabug.c',
     'ones.c',
     'xf86Helper.c',
diff --git a/mi/mioverlay.c b/hw/xfree86/compat/mioverlay.c
similarity index 100%
rename from mi/mioverlay.c
rename to hw/xfree86/compat/mioverlay.c
diff --git a/mi/meson.build b/mi/meson.build
index ce8840b51c..1411dcba8f 100644
--- a/mi/meson.build
+++ b/mi/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ srcs_mi = [
     'mifillarc.c',
     'migc.c',
     'miglblt.c',
-    'mioverlay.c',
     'mipointer.c',
     'mipoly.c',
     'mipolypnt.c',