diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 94bc49ed63..bdf192cfc1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2764,7 +2764,8 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_IMPORTD') == 1
                 'systemd-pull',
                 systemd_pull_sources,
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libshared,
+                             lib_import_common],
                 dependencies : [versiondep,
                                 libcurl,
                                 lib_openssl_or_gcrypt,
@@ -2779,7 +2780,8 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_IMPORTD') == 1
                 'systemd-import',
                 systemd_import_sources,
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libshared,
+                             lib_import_common],
                 dependencies : [libcurl,
                                 libz,
                                 libbzip2,
@@ -2792,7 +2794,8 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_IMPORTD') == 1
                 'systemd-import-fs',
                 systemd_import_fs_sources,
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libshared,
+                             lib_import_common],
                 install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
                 install : true,
                 install_dir : rootlibexecdir)
@@ -2801,7 +2804,8 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_IMPORTD') == 1
                 'systemd-export',
                 systemd_export_sources,
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libshared,
+                             lib_import_common],
                 dependencies : [libcurl,
                                 libz,
                                 libbzip2,
diff --git a/src/import/meson.build b/src/import/meson.build
index b3bc682b0b..e48e49293e 100644
--- a/src/import/meson.build
+++ b/src/import/meson.build
@@ -1,62 +1,52 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
-systemd_importd_sources = files('''
-        importd.c
-'''.split())
+systemd_importd_sources = files(
+        'importd.c')
 
-systemd_pull_sources = files('''
-        pull.c
-        pull-raw.c
-        pull-raw.h
-        pull-tar.c
-        pull-tar.h
-        pull-job.c
-        pull-job.h
-        pull-common.c
-        pull-common.h
-        import-common.c
-        import-common.h
-        import-compress.c
-        import-compress.h
-        curl-util.c
-        curl-util.h
-        qcow2-util.c
-        qcow2-util.h
-'''.split())
+systemd_pull_sources = files(
+        'pull.c',
+        'pull-raw.c',
+        'pull-raw.h',
+        'pull-tar.c',
+        'pull-tar.h',
+        'pull-job.c',
+        'pull-job.h',
+        'pull-common.c',
+        'pull-common.h',
+        'curl-util.c',
+        'curl-util.h')
 
-systemd_import_sources = files('''
-        import.c
-        import-raw.c
-        import-raw.h
-        import-tar.c
-        import-tar.h
-        import-common.c
-        import-common.h
-        import-compress.c
-        import-compress.h
-        qcow2-util.c
-        qcow2-util.h
-'''.split())
+systemd_import_sources = files(
+        'import.c',
+        'import-raw.c',
+        'import-raw.h',
+        'import-tar.c',
+        'import-tar.h')
 
-systemd_import_fs_sources = files('''
-        import-fs.c
-        import-common.c
-        import-common.h
-'''.split())
+systemd_import_fs_sources = files(
+        'import-fs.c')
 
-systemd_export_sources = files('''
-        export.c
-        export-tar.c
-        export-tar.h
-        export-raw.c
-        export-raw.h
-        import-common.c
-        import-common.h
-        import-compress.c
-        import-compress.h
-'''.split())
+systemd_export_sources = files(
+        'export.c',
+        'export-tar.c',
+        'export-tar.h',
+        'export-raw.c',
+        'export-raw.h')
 
 if conf.get('ENABLE_IMPORTD') == 1
+        lib_import_common = static_library(
+                'import-common',
+                'import-common.c',
+                'import-common.h',
+                'import-compress.c',
+                'import-compress.h',
+                'qcow2-util.c',
+                'qcow2-util.h',
+                include_directories : includes,
+                dependencies : [libbzip2,
+                                libxz,
+                                libz])
+
         install_data('org.freedesktop.import1.conf',
                      install_dir : dbuspolicydir)
         install_data('org.freedesktop.import1.service',