diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 78407b31..f59fbc8a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ headers = [include_directories('inc'), include_directories('.')]
 
 subdir('inc')
 subdir('src')
+subdir('tools')
 
 if get_option('examples') == true
     subdir('examples')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4c83a5b7..f1ec7f2f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -71,6 +71,3 @@ pkg_mod.generate(
     filebase     : 'thorvg',
     description  : 'A Thor library for rendering vector graphics'
 )
-
-subdir('tools')
-
diff --git a/src/tools/lottie2gif/lottie2gif.cpp b/tools/lottie2gif/lottie2gif.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/lottie2gif/lottie2gif.cpp
rename to tools/lottie2gif/lottie2gif.cpp
diff --git a/src/tools/lottie2gif/meson.build b/tools/lottie2gif/meson.build
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/lottie2gif/meson.build
rename to tools/lottie2gif/meson.build
diff --git a/src/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/meson.build
rename to tools/meson.build
diff --git a/src/tools/svg2png/lodepng.cpp b/tools/svg2png/lodepng.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/svg2png/lodepng.cpp
rename to tools/svg2png/lodepng.cpp
diff --git a/src/tools/svg2png/lodepng.h b/tools/svg2png/lodepng.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/svg2png/lodepng.h
rename to tools/svg2png/lodepng.h
diff --git a/src/tools/svg2png/meson.build b/tools/svg2png/meson.build
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/svg2png/meson.build
rename to tools/svg2png/meson.build
diff --git a/src/tools/svg2png/svg2png.cpp b/tools/svg2png/svg2png.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/svg2png/svg2png.cpp
rename to tools/svg2png/svg2png.cpp
diff --git a/src/tools/svg2tvg/meson.build b/tools/svg2tvg/meson.build
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/svg2tvg/meson.build
rename to tools/svg2tvg/meson.build
diff --git a/src/tools/svg2tvg/svg2tvg.cpp b/tools/svg2tvg/svg2tvg.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/tools/svg2tvg/svg2tvg.cpp
rename to tools/svg2tvg/svg2tvg.cpp