diff --git a/pdns/dnsdistdist/NOTICE b/pdns/dnsdistdist/NOTICE
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000..fb376cfaa4716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdns/dnsdistdist/NOTICE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../NOTICE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pdns/dnsdistdist/ext/ipcrypt/meson.build b/pdns/dnsdistdist/ext/ipcrypt/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3af7415c33347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdns/dnsdistdist/ext/ipcrypt/meson.build
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+lib_ipcrypt = static_library(
+  'ipcrypt',
+  'ipcrypt.c',
+  extra_files: [
+    'ipcrypt.h',
+  ],
+)
+
+dep_ipcrypt = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: lib_ipcrypt,
+  include_directories: include_directories('.'),
+)