diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8522d9d5e81..55c24530b1a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ contrib: lib
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/seekable_format/examples all
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/seekable_format/tests test
 	$(MAKE) -C contrib/largeNbDicts all
-	cd contrib/single_file_libs/ ; ./build_decoder_test.sh
-	cd contrib/single_file_libs/ ; ./build_library_test.sh
+	cd build/single_file_libs/ ; ./build_decoder_test.sh
+	cd build/single_file_libs/ ; ./build_library_test.sh
 
 .PHONY: cleanTabs
 cleanTabs:
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/.gitignore b/build/single_file_libs/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/.gitignore
rename to build/single_file_libs/.gitignore
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/README.md b/build/single_file_libs/README.md
similarity index 96%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/README.md
rename to build/single_file_libs/README.md
index d88e8fc6bda..1705b769b85 100644
--- a/contrib/single_file_libs/README.md
+++ b/build/single_file_libs/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This is the most common use case. The decompression library is small, adding, fo
 
 Create `zstddeclib.c` from the Zstd source using:
 ```
-cd zstd/contrib/single_file_libs
+cd zstd/build/single_file_libs
 ./combine.sh -r ../../lib -o zstddeclib.c zstddeclib-in.c
 ```
 Then add the resulting file to your project (see the [example files](examples)).
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The same tool can amalgamate the entire Zstd library for ease of adding both com
 
 Create `zstd.c` from the Zstd source using:
 ```
-cd zstd/contrib/single_file_libs
+cd zstd/build/single_file_libs
 ./combine.sh -r ../../lib -o zstd.c zstd-in.c
 ```
 It's possible to create a compressor-only library but since the decompressor is so small in comparison this doesn't bring much of a gain (but for the curious, simply remove the files in the _decompress_ section at the end of `zstd-in.c`).
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/build_decoder_test.sh b/build/single_file_libs/build_decoder_test.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/build_decoder_test.sh
rename to build/single_file_libs/build_decoder_test.sh
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/build_library_test.sh b/build/single_file_libs/build_library_test.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/build_library_test.sh
rename to build/single_file_libs/build_library_test.sh
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/combine.sh b/build/single_file_libs/combine.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/combine.sh
rename to build/single_file_libs/combine.sh
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/create_single_file_decoder.sh b/build/single_file_libs/create_single_file_decoder.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/create_single_file_decoder.sh
rename to build/single_file_libs/create_single_file_decoder.sh
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/create_single_file_library.sh b/build/single_file_libs/create_single_file_library.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/create_single_file_library.sh
rename to build/single_file_libs/create_single_file_library.sh
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/README.md b/build/single_file_libs/examples/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/README.md
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/README.md
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/emscripten.c b/build/single_file_libs/examples/emscripten.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/emscripten.c
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/emscripten.c
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/roundtrip.c b/build/single_file_libs/examples/roundtrip.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/roundtrip.c
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/roundtrip.c
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/shell.html b/build/single_file_libs/examples/shell.html
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/shell.html
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/shell.html
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/simple.c b/build/single_file_libs/examples/simple.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/simple.c
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/simple.c
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-dxt1.inl b/build/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-dxt1.inl
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-dxt1.inl
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-dxt1.inl
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-zstd.inl b/build/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-zstd.inl
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-zstd.inl
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/testcard-zstd.inl
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/examples/testcard.png b/build/single_file_libs/examples/testcard.png
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/examples/testcard.png
rename to build/single_file_libs/examples/testcard.png
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/zstd-in.c b/build/single_file_libs/zstd-in.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/zstd-in.c
rename to build/single_file_libs/zstd-in.c
diff --git a/contrib/single_file_libs/zstddeclib-in.c b/build/single_file_libs/zstddeclib-in.c
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/single_file_libs/zstddeclib-in.c
rename to build/single_file_libs/zstddeclib-in.c