diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6b0812b6aa..b1378c0348 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ shared_nm_utils_libnm_utils_base_la_SOURCES = \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-enum-utils.c \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-enum-utils.h \
+	shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.c \
+	shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-glib.h \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-hash-utils.c \
 	shared/nm-utils/nm-hash-utils.h \
diff --git a/shared/meson.build b/shared/meson.build
index 2ebef2460b..753c6fb25f 100644
--- a/shared/meson.build
+++ b/shared/meson.build
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ shared_files_libnm_core = files('''
     nm-utils/c-list-util.c
     nm-utils/nm-dedup-multi.c
     nm-utils/nm-enum-utils.c
+    nm-utils/nm-errno.c
     nm-utils/nm-hash-utils.c
     nm-utils/nm-io-utils.c
     nm-utils/nm-random-utils.c
diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.c b/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f44dbf06fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include "nm-default.h"
+
+#include "nm-errno.h"
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.h b/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f35e10c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-utils/nm-errno.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_ERRNO_H__
+#define __NM_ERRNO_H__
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#endif /* __NM_ERRNO_H__ */