diff --git a/data/dbus-interfaces/meson.build b/data/dbus-interfaces/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0de8ae30a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/dbus-interfaces/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+dbus_interfaces = [
+  'org.gnome.Shell.PadOsd.xml',
+  'org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml',
+  'org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml',
+  'org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider.xml',
+  'org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml'
+]
+install_data(dbus_interfaces, install_dir: ifacedir)
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Shell.PadOsd.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.PadOsd.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from data/org.gnome.Shell.PadOsd.xml
rename to data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.PadOsd.xml
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from data/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml
rename to data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from data/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml
rename to data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from data/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider.xml
rename to data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider.xml
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from data/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml
rename to data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 68e3ab81f..e0b879cd1 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -41,16 +41,7 @@ foreach service_file : service_files
 endforeach
 
 
-dbus_interfaces = [
-  'org.gnome.Shell.PadOsd.xml',
-  'org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml',
-  'org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml',
-  'org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider.xml',
-  'org.gnome.ShellSearchProvider2.xml'
-]
-install_data(dbus_interfaces, install_dir: ifacedir)
-
-
+subdir('dbus-interfaces')
 subdir('theme')
 
 theme_resources = gnome.compile_resources(