diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd17050f6..050e5cfbe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .*.sw?
 *.strhash.c
 docs/_*
+bencode.c
diff --git a/daemon/Makefile b/daemon/Makefile
index 6cd7711ad..731775897 100644
--- a/daemon/Makefile
+++ b/daemon/Makefile
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ endif
 include ../lib/mqtt.Makefile
 
 SRCS=		main.c kernel.c helpers.c control_tcp.c call.c control_udp.c redis.c \
-		bencode.c cookie_cache.c udp_listener.c control_ng_flags_parser.c control_ng.strhash.c sdp.strhash.c stun.c rtcp.c \
+		cookie_cache.c udp_listener.c control_ng_flags_parser.c control_ng.strhash.c sdp.strhash.c stun.c rtcp.c \
 		crypto.c rtp.c call_interfaces.strhash.c dtls.c log.c cli.c graphite.c ice.c \
 		media_socket.c homer.c recording.c statistics.c cdr.c ssrc.c iptables.c tcp_listener.c \
 		codec.c load.c dtmf.c timerthread.c media_player.c jitter_buffer.c t38.c websocket.c \
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ ifneq ($(without_nftables),yes)
 SRCS+=		nftables.c
 endif
 LIBSRCS=	loglib.c auxlib.c rtplib.c str.c socket.c streambuf.c ssllib.c dtmflib.c mix_buffer.c poller.c \
-		bufferpool.c
+		bufferpool.c bencode.c
 ifeq ($(with_transcoding),yes)
 LIBSRCS+=	codeclib.strhash.c resample.c
 LIBASM=		mvr2s_x64_avx2.S mvr2s_x64_avx512.S mix_in_x64_avx2.S mix_in_x64_avx512bw.S mix_in_x64_sse2.S
diff --git a/daemon/bencode.c b/lib/bencode.c
similarity index 100%
rename from daemon/bencode.c
rename to lib/bencode.c
diff --git a/include/bencode.h b/lib/bencode.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/bencode.h
rename to lib/bencode.h