diff --git a/include/linux/caif/Kbuild b/include/linux/caif/Kbuild
index a9cf250689dc..e69de29bb2d1 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 aafaa5aa54d4..43396612d3a3 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