diff --git a/include/lapi/syscalls/gen-syscalls.py b/include/lapi/syscalls/gen-syscalls.py
index 00736488d7..1218866997 100755
--- a/include/lapi/syscalls/gen-syscalls.py
+++ b/include/lapi/syscalls/gen-syscalls.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
-#include "cleanup.c"
+#include "cleanup.h"
 
 #ifdef TST_TEST_H__
 #define TST_SYSCALL_BRK__(NR, SNR) ({ \\
diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index d338aeed96..07c805c9fb 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 subdir('lapi')
 
-ltp_sources += files([
-    'old/cleanup.c'
-])
-
 compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
 config_data = configuration_data()
 
@@ -665,3 +661,8 @@ install_headers(
     'tst_wallclock.h',
     install_dir : 'include',
 )
+
+install_headers(
+    'old/cleanup.h',
+    install_dir : 'include/lapi'
+)
diff --git a/include/old/cleanup.c b/include/old/cleanup.h
similarity index 97%
rename from include/old/cleanup.c
rename to include/old/cleanup.h
index 040dff8523..6cef5bf587 100644
--- a/include/old/cleanup.c
+++ b/include/old/cleanup.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
  *
  */
 
-#ifndef __CLEANUP_C__
-#define __CLEANUP_C__
+#ifndef __CLEANUP_H__
+#define __CLEANUP_H__
 
 /* Did the user define a cleanup function? */
 #ifndef CLEANUP