diff --git a/target/mips/fpu.c b/target/mips/fpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39a2f7fd22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/mips/fpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Helpers for emulation of FPU-related MIPS instructions.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2004-2005  Jocelyn Mayer
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ */
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "fpu/softfloat-helpers.h"
+#include "fpu_helper.h"
+
+/* convert MIPS rounding mode in FCR31 to IEEE library */
+const FloatRoundMode ieee_rm[4] = {
+    float_round_nearest_even,
+    float_round_to_zero,
+    float_round_up,
+    float_round_down
+};
diff --git a/target/mips/fpu_helper.c b/target/mips/fpu_helper.c
index 6dd853259e..8ce56ed7c8 100644
--- a/target/mips/fpu_helper.c
+++ b/target/mips/fpu_helper.c
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@
 #define FP_TO_INT32_OVERFLOW 0x7fffffff
 #define FP_TO_INT64_OVERFLOW 0x7fffffffffffffffULL
 
-/* convert MIPS rounding mode in FCR31 to IEEE library */
-const FloatRoundMode ieee_rm[4] = {
-    float_round_nearest_even,
-    float_round_to_zero,
-    float_round_up,
-    float_round_down
-};
-
 target_ulong helper_cfc1(CPUMIPSState *env, uint32_t reg)
 {
     target_ulong arg1 = 0;
diff --git a/target/mips/meson.build b/target/mips/meson.build
index 3733d1200f..5fcb211ca9 100644
--- a/target/mips/meson.build
+++ b/target/mips/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ gen = [
 mips_ss = ss.source_set()
 mips_ss.add(files(
   'cpu.c',
+  'fpu.c',
   'gdbstub.c',
 ))
 mips_tcg_ss = ss.source_set()