diff --git a/.github/workflows/contrib.yml b/.github/workflows/contrib.yml
index d84c99da6..53f6025ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contrib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contrib.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Compile contrib/halog/halog
+    - name: Compile admin/halog/halog
       run: |
-        make contrib/halog/halog
+        make admin/halog/halog
     - name: Compile dev/flags/flags
       run: |
         make dev/flags/flags
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e2f78a6e..236d12595 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 !/VERDATE
 !/VERSION
 !/contrib
+!/admin
 !/dev
 !/doc
 !/ebtree
@@ -38,10 +39,10 @@
 *.orig
 *.bak
 # And reject some specific files
-/contrib/halog/halog
-/contrib/ip6range/ip6range
-/contrib/iprange/iprange
-/contrib/systemd/haproxy.service
+/admin/halog/halog
+/admin/iprange/ip6range
+/admin/iprange/iprange
+/admin/systemd/haproxy.service
 /contrib/spoa_example/spoa
 dev/base64/base64rev-gen
 dev/flags/flags
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 53cfc9d97..29d75fe18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ objsize: haproxy
 %.o:	%.c $(DEP)
 	$(cmd_CC) $(COPTS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-contrib/halog/halog:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C contrib/halog halog CC='$(cmd_CC)' OPTIMIZE='$(COPTS)'
+admin/halog/halog:
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C admin/halog halog CC='$(cmd_CC)' OPTIMIZE='$(COPTS)'
 
 dev/flags/flags: dev/flags/flags.o
 	$(cmd_LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDOPTS)
@@ -998,8 +998,8 @@ clean:
 	$(Q)rm -f haproxy-$(VERSION).tar.gz haproxy-$(VERSION)$(SUBVERS)$(EXTRAVERSION).tar.gz
 	$(Q)rm -f haproxy-$(VERSION) haproxy-$(VERSION)$(SUBVERS)$(EXTRAVERSION) nohup.out gmon.out
 	$(Q)rm -f {admin,dev,contrib}/*/*.[oas] {admin,dev,contrib}/*/*/*.[oas] {admin,dev,contrib}/*/*/*/*.[oas]
-	$(Q)rm -f admin/iprange/iprange admin/iprange/ip6range
-	$(Q)rm -f contrib/halog/halog dev/flags/flags dev/poll/poll dev/tcploop/tcploop
+	$(Q)rm -f admin/iprange/iprange admin/iprange/ip6range admin/halog/halog
+	$(Q)rm -f dev/flags/flags dev/poll/poll dev/tcploop/tcploop
 	$(Q)rm -f dev/hpack/decode dev/hpack/gen-enc dev/hpack/gen-rht
 
 tags:
diff --git a/contrib/halog/Makefile b/admin/halog/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/halog/Makefile
rename to admin/halog/Makefile
diff --git a/contrib/halog/fgets2.c b/admin/halog/fgets2.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/halog/fgets2.c
rename to admin/halog/fgets2.c
diff --git a/contrib/halog/halog.c b/admin/halog/halog.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/halog/halog.c
rename to admin/halog/halog.c