diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index 5673314b7f..023d94a6d2 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ if build_xorg
             'screenint.h',
             'scrnintstr.h',
             'servermd.h',
+            'shadow.h',
             'validate.h',
             'displaymode.h',
             'vndserver.h',
diff --git a/miext/shadow/shadow.h b/include/shadow.h
similarity index 100%
rename from miext/shadow/shadow.h
rename to include/shadow.h
diff --git a/miext/shadow/meson.build b/miext/shadow/meson.build
index 8e2f0a9c12..97a19ebe1d 100644
--- a/miext/shadow/meson.build
+++ b/miext/shadow/meson.build
@@ -25,16 +25,8 @@ srcs_miext_shadow = [
     'shrotate.c',
 ]
 
-hdrs_miext_shadow = [
-    'shadow.h',
-]
-
 libxserver_miext_shadow = static_library('xserver_miext_shadow',
     srcs_miext_shadow,
     include_directories: inc,
     dependencies: common_dep,
 )
-
-if build_xorg
-    install_data(hdrs_miext_shadow, install_dir: xorgsdkdir)
-endif