diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 11ca458..9b9bb40 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU or CONFIG_TOOLS
 # storage-daemon-obj-y is code used by qemu-storage-daemon (these objects are
 # used for system emulation, too, but specified separately there)
 
-storage-daemon-obj-y = block/ monitor/ qapi/ qom/ storage-daemon/
+storage-daemon-obj-y = block/ qapi/ qom/ storage-daemon/
 storage-daemon-obj-y += blockdev.o blockdev-nbd.o iothread.o job-qmp.o
 storage-daemon-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += os-win32.o
 storage-daemon-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += os-posix.o
+storage-daemon-obj-y += libqmp.fa
 
 ######################################################################
 # Target independent part of system emulation. The long term path is to
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ storage-daemon-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += os-posix.o
 # single QEMU executable should support all CPUs and machines.
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOFTMMU),y)
-common-obj-y = monitor/
-common-obj-y += net/
+common-obj-y = net/
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_LINUX) += fsdev/
 
 common-obj-y += accel/
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ common-obj-y += backends/
 
 common-obj-y += qapi/
 
+common-obj-y += libqmp.fa
+
 endif # CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 
 #######################################################################
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index c8f7a6c..54a9ef1 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 obj-y += softmmu/
 obj-y += gdbstub.o
 obj-y += hw/
-obj-y += monitor/
 obj-y += qapi/
 obj-y += migration/ram.o
 LIBS := $(libs_softmmu) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f025ac5..cfc57f8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ stub_ss = ss.source_set()
 trace_ss = ss.source_set()
 block_ss = ss.source_set()
 blockdev_ss = ss.source_set()
+qmp_ss = ss.source_set()
 common_ss = ss.source_set()
 softmmu_ss = ss.source_set()
 user_ss = ss.source_set()
@@ -628,6 +629,7 @@ softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_FDT', fdt],  if_true: [files('device_tree.c')])
 common_ss.add(files('cpus-common.c'))
 
 subdir('softmmu')
+subdir('monitor')
 
 # needed for fuzzing binaries
 subdir('tests/qtest/libqos')
@@ -677,6 +679,14 @@ block = declare_dependency(link_whole: [libblock],
                            link_args: '@block.syms',
                            dependencies: [crypto, io])
 
+qmp_ss = qmp_ss.apply(config_host, strict: false)
+libqmp = static_library('qmp', qmp_ss.sources(),
+                        dependencies: qmp_ss.dependencies(),
+                        name_suffix: 'fa',
+                        build_by_default: false)
+
+qmp = declare_dependency(link_whole: [libqmp])
+
 foreach m : mods
   shared_module(m['dir'] + '-' + m['name'],
                 name_prefix: '',
diff --git a/monitor/Makefile.objs b/monitor/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index a8533c9..0000000
--- a/monitor/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-obj-y += misc.o
-common-obj-y += monitor.o qmp.o hmp.o
-common-obj-y += qmp-cmds.o qmp-cmds-control.o
-common-obj-y += hmp-cmds.o
-
-storage-daemon-obj-y += monitor.o qmp.o qmp-cmds-control.o
diff --git a/monitor/meson.build b/monitor/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0484a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitor/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+qmp_ss.add(files('monitor.c', 'qmp.c', 'qmp-cmds-control.c'))
+
+softmmu_ss.add(files(
+  'hmp-cmds.c',
+  'hmp.c',
+  'qmp-cmds.c',
+))
+
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU', if_true: files('misc.c'))
diff --git a/qom/Makefile.objs b/qom/Makefile.objs
deleted file mode 100644
index b962904..0000000
--- a/qom/Makefile.objs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += qom-hmp-cmds.o qom-qmp-cmds.o
-storage-daemon-obj-y += qom-qmp-cmds.o
diff --git a/qom/meson.build b/qom/meson.build
index 4af044d..35815f6 100644
--- a/qom/meson.build
+++ b/qom/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ qom_ss.add(files(
   'qom-qobject.c',
 ))
 
+qmp_ss.add(files('qom-qmp-cmds.c'))
+softmmu_ss.add(files('qom-hmp-cmds.c'))
+
 qom_ss = qom_ss.apply(config_host, strict: false)
 libqom = static_library('qom', qom_ss.sources(),
                         dependencies: [qom_ss.dependencies()],
