diff --git a/hw/virtio/meson.build b/hw/virtio/meson.build
index d7f18c96e6..621fc65454 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/meson.build
+++ b/hw/virtio/meson.build
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ specific_virtio_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI', if_true: virtio_pci_ss)
 system_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO', if_true: system_virtio_ss)
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO', if_false: files('vhost-stub.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO', if_false: files('virtio-stub.c'))
+system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO_MD', if_false: files('virtio-md-stubs.c'))
+
 system_ss.add(files('virtio-hmp-cmds.c'))
 
 specific_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_VIRTIO', if_true: specific_virtio_ss)
diff --git a/stubs/virtio-md-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-md-stubs.c
similarity index 100%
rename from stubs/virtio-md-pci.c
rename to hw/virtio/virtio-md-stubs.c
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 45616afbfa..60e32d363f 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ if have_system
   stub_ss.add(files('fw_cfg.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('semihost.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('xen-hw-stub.c'))
-  stub_ss.add(files('virtio-md-pci.c'))
 else
   stub_ss.add(files('qdev.c'))
 endif