diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e179bf1f54..d1e00ae057 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ shared_nm_glib_aux_libnm_glib_aux_la_SOURCES = \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-keyfile-aux.c \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-keyfile-aux.h \
+	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.c \
+	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-fwd.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-macros-internal.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-obj.h \
diff --git a/shared/meson.build b/shared/meson.build
index e87d9a3b66..6548746a95 100644
--- a/shared/meson.build
+++ b/shared/meson.build
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ sources = files(
   'nm-glib-aux/nm-io-utils.c',
   'nm-glib-aux/nm-json-aux.c',
   'nm-glib-aux/nm-keyfile-aux.c',
+  'nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.c',
   'nm-glib-aux/nm-random-utils.c',
   'nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.c',
   'nm-glib-aux/nm-secret-utils.c',
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.c b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17ea387edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+
+#include "nm-default.h"
+
+#include "nm-logging-base.h"
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09233fbbcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-logging-base.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+
+#ifndef __NM_LOGGING_BASE_H__
+#define __NM_LOGGING_BASE_H__
+
+#include "nm-logging-fwd.h"
+
+#endif /* __NM_LOGGING_BASE_H__ */