diff --git a/include/linux/caif/Kbuild b/include/linux/caif/Kbuild
index a9cf250689dc2eb5a025a6897c0016e9a51d0b26..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 100644
--- a/include/linux/caif/Kbuild
+++ b/include/linux/caif/Kbuild
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-header-y += caif_socket.h
-header-y += if_caif.h
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/caif/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/caif/Kbuild
index aafaa5aa54d46bb9a93a8137a22344408298223f..43396612d3a322dae3cb99f00719bfb15001c476 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/caif/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/caif/Kbuild
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 # UAPI Header export list
+header-y += caif_socket.h
+header-y += if_caif.h
diff --git a/include/linux/caif/caif_socket.h b/include/uapi/linux/caif/caif_socket.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/caif/caif_socket.h
rename to include/uapi/linux/caif/caif_socket.h
diff --git a/include/linux/caif/if_caif.h b/include/uapi/linux/caif/if_caif.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/linux/caif/if_caif.h
rename to include/uapi/linux/caif/if_caif.h