diff --git a/gyp/skia.gyp b/gyp/skia.gyp
index 012c6a86ac..b46cd82de6 100644
--- a/gyp/skia.gyp
+++ b/gyp/skia.gyp
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
         '../src/core/SkMaskFilter.cpp',
         '../src/core/SkMath.cpp',
         '../src/core/SkMatrix.cpp',
+        '../src/core/SkMetaData.cpp',
         '../src/core/SkPackBits.cpp',
         '../src/core/SkPaint.cpp',
         '../src/core/SkPath.cpp',
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@
         '../include/core/SkMaskFilter.h',
         '../include/core/SkMath.h',
         '../include/core/SkMatrix.h',
+        '../include/core/SkMetaData.h',
         '../include/core/SkOSFile.h',
         '../include/core/SkPackBits.h',
         '../include/core/SkPaint.h',
diff --git a/include/views/SkMetaData.h b/include/core/SkMetaData.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/views/SkMetaData.h
rename to include/core/SkMetaData.h
diff --git a/src/views/SkMetaData.cpp b/src/core/SkMetaData.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/views/SkMetaData.cpp
rename to src/core/SkMetaData.cpp
diff --git a/src/core/core_files.mk b/src/core/core_files.mk
index 252644e9b5..b3427b0a03 100644
--- a/src/core/core_files.mk
+++ b/src/core/core_files.mk
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SOURCE := \
     SkMath.cpp \
     SkMatrix.cpp \
     SkMemory_stdlib.cpp \
+    SkMetaData.cpp \
     SkPackBits.cpp \
     SkPaint.cpp \
     SkPath.cpp \