diff --git a/libweston/backend-rdp/meson.build b/libweston/backend-rdp/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c0a293a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libweston/backend-rdp/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+if not get_option('backend-rdp')
+	subdir_done()
+endif
+
+config_h.set('BUILD_RDP_COMPOSITOR', '1')
+
+dep_frdp = dependency('freerdp2', version: '>= 2.0.0', required: false)
+if not dep_frdp.found()
+	error('RDP-backend requires freerdp2 which was not found. Or, you can use \'-Dbackend-rdp=false\'.')
+endif
+
+if cc.has_header('freerdp/version.h', dependencies: dep_frdp)
+	config_h.set('HAVE_FREERDP_VERSION_H', '1')
+endif
+
+if cc.has_member(
+	'SURFACE_BITS_COMMAND', 'bmp',
+	dependencies : dep_frdp,
+	prefix : '#include <freerdp/update.h>'
+)
+	config_h.set('HAVE_SURFACE_BITS_BMP', '1')
+endif
+
+deps_rdp = [
+	dep_libweston,
+	dep_frdp,
+]
+plugin_rdp = shared_library(
+	'rdp-backend',
+	'rdp.c',
+	include_directories: include_directories('../..', '../../shared'),
+	dependencies: deps_rdp,
+	name_prefix: '',
+	install: true,
+	install_dir: dir_module_libweston
+)
+env_modmap += 'rdp-backend.so=@0@;'.format(plugin_rdp.full_path())
+install_headers(backend_rdp_h, subdir: dir_include_libweston_install)
diff --git a/libweston/compositor-rdp.c b/libweston/backend-rdp/rdp.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libweston/compositor-rdp.c
rename to libweston/backend-rdp/rdp.c
diff --git a/libweston/meson.build b/libweston/meson.build
index 6d658ac7..7e9c87a2 100644
--- a/libweston/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/meson.build
@@ -185,44 +185,6 @@ dep_libinput_backend = declare_dependency(
 	include_directories: include_directories('.')
 )
 
-if get_option('backend-rdp')
-	config_h.set('BUILD_RDP_COMPOSITOR', '1')
-
-	dep_frdp = dependency('freerdp2', version: '>= 2.0.0', required: false)
-	if not dep_frdp.found()
-		error('RDP-backend requires freerdp2 which was not found. Or, you can use \'-Dbackend-rdp=false\'.')
-	endif
-
-	if cc.has_header('freerdp/version.h', dependencies: dep_frdp)
-		config_h.set('HAVE_FREERDP_VERSION_H', '1')
-	endif
-
-	if cc.has_member(
-		'SURFACE_BITS_COMMAND', 'bmp',
-		dependencies : dep_frdp,
-		prefix : '#include <freerdp/update.h>'
-	)
-		config_h.set('HAVE_SURFACE_BITS_BMP', '1')
-	endif
-
-	deps_rdp = [
-		dep_libweston,
-		dep_frdp,
-	]
-	plugin_rdp = shared_library(
-		'rdp-backend',
-		'compositor-rdp.c',
-		include_directories: include_directories('..', '../shared'),
-		dependencies: deps_rdp,
-		name_prefix: '',
-		install: true,
-		install_dir: dir_module_libweston
-	)
-	env_modmap += 'rdp-backend.so=@0@;'.format(plugin_rdp.full_path())
-	install_headers(backend_rdp_h, subdir: dir_include_libweston_install)
-endif
-
-
 if get_option('backend-wayland')
 	config_h.set('BUILD_WAYLAND_COMPOSITOR', '1')
 
@@ -377,3 +339,4 @@ endif
 subdir('renderer-gl')
 subdir('backend-drm')
 subdir('backend-headless')
+subdir('backend-rdp')