diff --git a/src/backend/meson.build b/src/backend/meson.build
index 6cd8e94..d8f7bc1 100644
--- a/src/backend/meson.build
+++ b/src/backend/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # enable xrender
-srcs += [ files('backend_common.c', 'xrender.c', 'backend.c') ]
+srcs += [ files('backend_common.c', 'xrender/xrender.c', 'backend.c') ]
 
 # enable opengl
 if get_option('opengl')
diff --git a/src/backend/xrender.c b/src/backend/xrender/xrender.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/backend/xrender.c
rename to src/backend/xrender/xrender.c