diff --git a/hw/Makefile.objs b/hw/Makefile.objs
index a28e211e78..f136377866 100644
--- a/hw/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/Makefile.objs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ devices-dirs-y += ide/
 devices-dirs-y += input/
 devices-dirs-y += intc/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_IPACK) += ipack/
-devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_IPMI) += ipmi/
 endif
 
 common-obj-y += $(devices-dirs-y)
diff --git a/hw/ipmi/Makefile.objs b/hw/ipmi/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cca10bc50..0000000000
--- a/hw/ipmi/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_IPMI) += ipmi.o ipmi_kcs.o ipmi_bt.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_IPMI_LOCAL) += ipmi_bmc_sim.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_IPMI_EXTERN) += ipmi_bmc_extern.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_IPMI_KCS) += isa_ipmi_kcs.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_IPMI_KCS) += pci_ipmi_kcs.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_IPMI_BT) += isa_ipmi_bt.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI_IPMI_BT) += pci_ipmi_bt.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_IPMI_SSIF) += smbus_ipmi.o
diff --git a/hw/ipmi/meson.build b/hw/ipmi/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9622ea2a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/ipmi/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+ipmi_ss = ss.source_set()
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI', if_true: files('ipmi.c', 'ipmi_kcs.c', 'ipmi_bt.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI_LOCAL', if_true: files('ipmi_bmc_sim.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI_EXTERN', if_true: files('ipmi_bmc_extern.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ISA_IPMI_KCS', if_true: files('isa_ipmi_kcs.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PCI_IPMI_KCS', if_true: files('pci_ipmi_kcs.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ISA_IPMI_BT', if_true: files('isa_ipmi_bt.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PCI_IPMI_BT', if_true: files('pci_ipmi_bt.c'))
+ipmi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI_SSIF', if_true: files('smbus_ipmi.c'))
+
+softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI', if_true: ipmi_ss)
diff --git a/hw/meson.build b/hw/meson.build
index 86598544e6..9796f95e5c 100644
--- a/hw/meson.build
+++ b/hw/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 subdir('core')
+subdir('ipmi')
 subdir('isa')
 subdir('mem')
 subdir('misc')