diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f83144ff2..b80adae2d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ LIBOBJ =      $(libcppdir)/analyzerinfo.o \
               $(libcppdir)/token.o \
               $(libcppdir)/tokenize.o \
               $(libcppdir)/tokenlist.o \
+              $(libcppdir)/utils.o \
               $(libcppdir)/valueflow.o
 
 EXTOBJ =      externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.o \
@@ -552,6 +553,9 @@ $(libcppdir)/tokenize.o: lib/tokenize.cpp lib/check.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogg
 $(libcppdir)/tokenlist.o: lib/tokenlist.cpp externals/simplecpp/simplecpp.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/importproject.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/timer.h lib/token.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFILESDIR) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(libcppdir)/tokenlist.o $(libcppdir)/tokenlist.cpp
 
+$(libcppdir)/utils.o: lib/utils.cpp lib/config.h lib/utils.h
+	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFILESDIR) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(libcppdir)/utils.o $(libcppdir)/utils.cpp
+
 $(libcppdir)/valueflow.o: lib/valueflow.cpp lib/astutils.h lib/config.h lib/errorlogger.h lib/forwardanalyzer.h lib/importproject.h lib/library.h lib/mathlib.h lib/path.h lib/platform.h lib/programmemory.h lib/settings.h lib/standards.h lib/suppressions.h lib/symboldatabase.h lib/templatesimplifier.h lib/timer.h lib/token.h lib/tokenlist.h lib/utils.h lib/valueflow.h lib/valueptr.h
 	$(CXX) ${INCLUDE_FOR_LIB} $(CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFILESDIR) $(CXXFLAGS) $(UNDEF_STRICT_ANSI) -c -o $(libcppdir)/valueflow.o $(libcppdir)/valueflow.cpp
 
diff --git a/lib/lib.pri b/lib/lib.pri
index 6809b33d2..392f59d32 100644
--- a/lib/lib.pri
+++ b/lib/lib.pri
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ HEADERS += $${PWD}/analyzerinfo.h \
            $${PWD}/token.h \
            $${PWD}/tokenize.h \
            $${PWD}/tokenlist.h \
+           $${PWD}/utils.h \
            $${PWD}/valueflow.h
 
 SOURCES += $${PWD}/analyzerinfo.cpp \
@@ -107,4 +108,5 @@ SOURCES += $${PWD}/analyzerinfo.cpp \
            $${PWD}/token.cpp \
            $${PWD}/tokenize.cpp \
            $${PWD}/tokenlist.cpp \
+           $${PWD}/utils.cpp \
            $${PWD}/valueflow.cpp