diff --git a/desktop-shell/shell.c b/desktop-shell/shell.c
index 270c9543..33fda6d0 100644
--- a/desktop-shell/shell.c
+++ b/desktop-shell/shell.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <libweston/config-parser.h>
 #include "shared/helpers.h"
 #include "shared/timespec-util.h"
-#include "libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 
 #define DEFAULT_NUM_WORKSPACES 1
 #define DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_CHANGE_ANIMATION_LENGTH 200
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h b/include/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h
similarity index 100%
rename from libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h
rename to include/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index ef8298fb..1ea6dd3d 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 subdir('libweston')
+
+install_headers(
+	'libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h',
+	subdir: join_paths(dir_include_libweston, 'libweston-desktop')
+)
diff --git a/ivi-shell/ivi-layout-private.h b/ivi-shell/ivi-layout-private.h
index 4b6cd6a3..1898a177 100644
--- a/ivi-shell/ivi-layout-private.h
+++ b/ivi-shell/ivi-layout-private.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include "ivi-layout-export.h"
-#include "libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 
 struct ivi_layout_view {
 	struct wl_list link;	/* ivi_layout::view_list */
diff --git a/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.h b/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.h
index 8762113b..d7f1cdbd 100644
--- a/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.h
+++ b/ivi-shell/ivi-shell.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
-#include "libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 
 struct ivi_shell
 {
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/client.c b/libweston-desktop/client.c
index 8188d333..56413f71 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/client.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/client.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 struct weston_desktop_client {
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.c b/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.c
index decce52a..5d0a4a79 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 #include "helpers.h"
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/meson.build b/libweston-desktop/meson.build
index 837d4edd..455f17b3 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/meson.build
+++ b/libweston-desktop/meson.build
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ dep_lib_desktop = declare_dependency(
 	dependencies: dep_libweston
 )
 
-install_headers('libweston-desktop.h', subdir: dir_include_libweston)
-
 pkgconfig.generate(
 	lib_desktop,
 	filebase: 'libweston-desktop-@0@'.format(libweston_major),
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/seat.c b/libweston-desktop/seat.c
index 0c5b50da..b92546df 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/seat.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/seat.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "shared/timespec-util.h"
 
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/surface.c b/libweston-desktop/surface.c
index 09b4176b..433f08ae 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/surface.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/surface.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 struct weston_desktop_view {
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/wl-shell.c b/libweston-desktop/wl-shell.c
index 6361097e..9efec89b 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/wl-shell.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/wl-shell.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 #define WD_WL_SHELL_PROTOCOL_VERSION 1
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell-v6.c b/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell-v6.c
index 383867a0..955fccad 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell-v6.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell-v6.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 #include "xdg-shell-unstable-v6-server-protocol.h"
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 #define WD_XDG_SHELL_PROTOCOL_VERSION 1
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell.c b/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell.c
index 8e0a6ac4..d1fc2ec1 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/xdg-shell.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 #include "xdg-shell-server-protocol.h"
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 /************************************************************************************
diff --git a/libweston-desktop/xwayland.c b/libweston-desktop/xwayland.c
index ee319b31..711c8a30 100644
--- a/libweston-desktop/xwayland.c
+++ b/libweston-desktop/xwayland.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <libweston/libweston.h>
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 
-#include "libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "xwayland/xwayland-internal-interface.h"
 
diff --git a/tests/weston-test-desktop-shell.c b/tests/weston-test-desktop-shell.c
index b580ffd6..c88455c4 100644
--- a/tests/weston-test-desktop-shell.c
+++ b/tests/weston-test-desktop-shell.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "compositor/weston.h"
 #include <libweston/config-parser.h>
 #include "shared/helpers.h"
-#include "libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h"
+#include <libweston-desktop/libweston-desktop.h>
 
 struct desktest_shell {
 	struct wl_listener compositor_destroy_listener;