diff --git a/contrib/meson.build b/contrib/meson.build
index 574a013a..63c38a76 100644
--- a/contrib/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 subdir('eggbitset')
 subdir('elfparser')
 subdir('linereader')
+subdir('tree')
diff --git a/contrib/tree/meson.build b/contrib/tree/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05ef08f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/tree/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+libtree_deps = [
+  gio_dep,
+]
+
+libtree_static_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: include_directories('.'),
+)
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/tree.h b/contrib/tree/tree.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/libsysprof/tree.h
rename to contrib/tree/tree.h
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index 2ae977ca..e44caf8e 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ libsysprof_deps = [
   libeggbitset_static_dep,
   libelfparser_static_dep,
   liblinereader_static_dep,
+  libtree_static_dep,
   libsysprof_capture_dep,
 ]