diff --git a/src/libsysprof-analyze/line-reader-private.h b/contrib/linereader/line-reader-private.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/libsysprof-analyze/line-reader-private.h
rename to contrib/linereader/line-reader-private.h
diff --git a/contrib/linereader/meson.build b/contrib/linereader/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9055b71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/linereader/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+liblinereader_deps = [
+  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
+]
+
+liblinereader_static_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: include_directories('.'),
+)
diff --git a/contrib/meson.build b/contrib/meson.build
index 1b295c8c..574a013a 100644
--- a/contrib/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/meson.build
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 subdir('eggbitset')
 subdir('elfparser')
+subdir('linereader')
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-analyze/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-analyze/meson.build
index 1fcf1972..13659d9a 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-analyze/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-analyze/meson.build
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ libsysprof_analyze_deps = [
 
   libeggbitset_static_dep,
   libelfparser_static_dep,
+  liblinereader_static_dep,
   libsysprof_capture_dep,
 ]