diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/Makefile
index c96323faa9..7c045f142e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ LDFLAGS_INTERNAL += -L$(top_builddir)/src/fe_utils -lpgfeutils $(libpq_pgport)
 
 OBJS = \
 	$(WIN32RES) \
-	parse_manifest.o \
 	pg_verifybackup.o
 
 all: pg_verifybackup
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/meson.build b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/meson.build
index 9369da1bc6..58f780d1a6 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022-2023, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 
 pg_verifybackup_sources = files(
-  'parse_manifest.c',
   'pg_verifybackup.c'
 )
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/nls.mk b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/nls.mk
index eba73a2c05..9e6a6049ba 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/nls.mk
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/nls.mk
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # src/bin/pg_verifybackup/nls.mk
 CATALOG_NAME     = pg_verifybackup
 GETTEXT_FILES    = $(FRONTEND_COMMON_GETTEXT_FILES) \
-                   parse_manifest.c \
                    pg_verifybackup.c \
                    ../../common/fe_memutils.c \
-                   ../../common/jsonapi.c
+                   ../../common/jsonapi.c \
+                   ../../common/parse_manifest.c
 GETTEXT_TRIGGERS = $(FRONTEND_COMMON_GETTEXT_TRIGGERS) \
                    json_manifest_parse_failure:2 \
                    error_cb:2 \
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c
index d921d0f003..88081f66f7 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 #include "common/hashfn.h"
 #include "common/logging.h"
+#include "common/parse_manifest.h"
 #include "fe_utils/simple_list.h"
 #include "getopt_long.h"
-#include "parse_manifest.h"
 #include "pgtime.h"
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/common/Makefile b/src/common/Makefile
index ce4535d7fe..1092dc63df 100644
--- a/src/common/Makefile
+++ b/src/common/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ OBJS_COMMON = \
 	kwlookup.o \
 	link-canary.o \
 	md5_common.o \
+	parse_manifest.o \
 	percentrepl.o \
 	pg_get_line.o \
 	pg_lzcompress.o \
diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build
index 8be145c0fb..d52dd12bc9 100644
--- a/src/common/meson.build
+++ b/src/common/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ common_sources = files(
   'kwlookup.c',
   'link-canary.c',
   'md5_common.c',
+  'parse_manifest.c',
   'percentrepl.c',
   'pg_get_line.c',
   'pg_lzcompress.c',
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.c b/src/common/parse_manifest.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.c
rename to src/common/parse_manifest.c
index 850adf90a8..9f52bfa83b 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.c
+++ b/src/common/parse_manifest.c
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2023, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.c
+ * src/common/parse_manifest.c
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
-#include "parse_manifest.h"
 #include "common/jsonapi.h"
+#include "common/parse_manifest.h"
 
 /*
  * Semantic states for JSON manifest parsing.
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.h b/src/include/common/parse_manifest.h
similarity index 97%
rename from src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.h
rename to src/include/common/parse_manifest.h
index 001b9a6a11..811c9149f4 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.h
+++ b/src/include/common/parse_manifest.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2023, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * src/bin/pg_verifybackup/parse_manifest.h
+ * src/include/common/parse_manifest.h
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */