diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build b/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build
index 8094a9623f7..36012c806c3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/meson.build
@@ -215,10 +215,14 @@ files_libgallium = files(
   'util/u_compute.c',
   'util/u_compute.h',
   'util/u_debug_cb.h',
+  'util/u_debug_describe.c',
+  'util/u_debug_describe.h',
   'util/u_debug_flush.c',
   'util/u_debug_flush.h',
   'util/u_debug_image.c',
   'util/u_debug_image.h',
+  'util/u_debug_refcnt.c',
+  'util/u_debug_refcnt.h',
   'util/u_draw.c',
   'util/u_draw.h',
   'util/u_draw_quad.c',
diff --git a/src/util/u_debug_describe.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_describe.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/u_debug_describe.c
rename to src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_describe.c
diff --git a/src/util/u_debug_describe.h b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_describe.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/u_debug_describe.h
rename to src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_describe.h
diff --git a/src/util/u_debug_refcnt.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_refcnt.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/u_debug_refcnt.c
rename to src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_refcnt.c
diff --git a/src/util/u_debug_refcnt.h b/src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_refcnt.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/util/u_debug_refcnt.h
rename to src/gallium/auxiliary/util/u_debug_refcnt.h
diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index f4946d7843b..bf6fa11d3b9 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ files_mesa_util = files(
   'u_atomic.h',
   'u_call_once.c',
   'u_call_once.h',
-  'u_debug_describe.c',
-  'u_debug_describe.h',
-  'u_debug_refcnt.c',
-  'u_debug_refcnt.h',
   'u_dl.c',
   'u_dl.h',
   'u_dynarray.c',