diff --git a/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs b/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
index acd2389431..ee82073338 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/acpi/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += core.o piix4.o ich9.o pcihp.o cpu_hotplug.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += memory_hotplug.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += acpi_interface.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += bios-linker-loader.o
diff --git a/hw/i386/bios-linker-loader.c b/hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
similarity index 100%
rename from hw/i386/bios-linker-loader.c
rename to hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.c
diff --git a/hw/i386/Makefile.objs b/hw/i386/Makefile.objs
index 9d419addb4..2b678ef2a6 100644
--- a/hw/i386/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/i386/Makefile.objs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_XEN) += ../xenpv/ xen/
 
 obj-y += kvmvapic.o
 obj-y += acpi-build.o
-obj-y += bios-linker-loader.o
 hw/i386/acpi-build.o: hw/i386/acpi-build.c hw/i386/acpi-dsdt.hex \
 	hw/i386/ssdt-proc.hex hw/i386/ssdt-pcihp.hex hw/i386/ssdt-misc.hex \
 	hw/i386/acpi-dsdt.hex hw/i386/q35-acpi-dsdt.hex \