diff --git a/libpldmresponder/meson.build b/libpldmresponder/meson.build
index fc47454..2a2705e 100644
--- a/libpldmresponder/meson.build
+++ b/libpldmresponder/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 deps = [
   dependency('phosphor-dbus-interfaces'),
   dependency('sdbusplus'),
-  libpldm
+  libpldm,
+  libpldmutils
 ]
 
 sources = [
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
   'pdr.cpp',
   'effecters.cpp',
   'platform.cpp',
-  '../utils.cpp'
 ]
 
 if get_option('oem-ibm').enabled()
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1af27f6..52af1d9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -29,8 +29,25 @@
 )
 
 subdir('libpldm')
+
+libpldmutils_headers = ['.']
+libpldmutils = library(
+  'pldmutils',
+  'utils.cpp',
+  version: meson.project_version(),
+  dependencies: [
+      libpldm,
+      dependency('phosphor-dbus-interfaces'),
+      dependency('sdbusplus'),
+  ],
+  install: true,
+  include_directories: include_directories(libpldmutils_headers),
+)
+
+libpldmutils = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: include_directories(libpldmutils_headers),
+  link_with: libpldmutils)
 subdir('libpldmresponder')
-subdir('tool')
 
 deps = [
   libpldm,
@@ -50,6 +67,8 @@
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('bindir'))
 
+subdir('tool')
+
 if get_option('tests').enabled()
   subdir('test')
 endif
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 4366a2b..567ac34 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 gtest = dependency('gtest', main: true, disabler: true, required: true)
 gmock = dependency('gmock', disabler: true, required: true)
-pldmd = declare_dependency(sources: ['../instance_id.cpp', '../utils.cpp'])
+pldmd = declare_dependency(sources: '../instance_id.cpp')
 
 tests = [
   'libpldm_base_test',
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
                      dependencies: [
                          libpldm,
                          libpldmresponder,
+                         libpldmutils,
                          gtest,
                          gmock,
                          pldmd,
diff --git a/tool/meson.build b/tool/meson.build
index 1c55710..95f746c 100644
--- a/tool/meson.build
+++ b/tool/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
   'pldmtool',
   sources,
   implicit_include_directories: false,
-  dependencies: libpldm,
+  dependencies: [libpldm, libpldmutils],
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('bindir'))