diff --git a/disk-utils/Makemodule.am b/disk-utils/Makemodule.am
index 04118c73b..3c4f8d78b 100644
--- a/disk-utils/Makemodule.am
+++ b/disk-utils/Makemodule.am
@@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ endif # BUILD_MKSWAP
 if BUILD_SWAPLABEL
 sbin_PROGRAMS += swaplabel
 dist_man_MANS += disk-utils/swaplabel.8
-swaplabel_SOURCES = disk-utils/swaplabel.c sys-utils/swapon-common.c
+swaplabel_SOURCES = \
+	disk-utils/swaplabel.c \
+	lib/swapprober.c \
+	include/swapprober.h
 
-swaplabel_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(ul_libblkid_incdir) -I$(ul_libmount_incdir)
-swaplabel_LDADD = $(LDADD) libblkid.la libmount.la libcommon.la
+swaplabel_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(ul_libblkid_incdir)
+swaplabel_LDADD = $(LDADD) libblkid.la libcommon.la
 
 if BUILD_LIBUUID
 swaplabel_LDADD += libuuid.la
diff --git a/disk-utils/swaplabel.c b/disk-utils/swaplabel.c
index a7cccc4f8..a7498a4f1 100644
--- a/disk-utils/swaplabel.c
+++ b/disk-utils/swaplabel.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <blkid.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBUUID
@@ -26,12 +25,13 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "c.h"
-#include "closestream.h"
-#include "all-io.h"
-#include "swapheader.h"
-#include "swapon-common.h"
-#include "strutils.h"
 #include "nls.h"
+#include "all-io.h"
+#include "strutils.h"
+#include "closestream.h"
+
+#include "swapheader.h"
+#include "swapprober.h"
 
 #define SWAP_UUID_OFFSET	(offsetof(struct swap_header_v1_2, uuid))
 #define SWAP_LABEL_OFFSET	(offsetof(struct swap_header_v1_2, volume_name))
diff --git a/include/Makemodule.am b/include/Makemodule.am
index dd5c3f58c..bb8aac58b 100644
--- a/include/Makemodule.am
+++ b/include/Makemodule.am
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dist_noinst_HEADERS += \
 	include/rpmatch.h \
 	include/setproctitle.h \
 	include/strutils.h \
-	include/swapon-common.h \
+	include/swapprober.h \
 	include/swapheader.h \
 	include/sysfs.h \
 	include/timer.h \
diff --git a/include/swapprober.h b/include/swapprober.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..510770045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/swapprober.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_SWAP_PROBER_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_SWAP_PROBER_H
+
+#include <blkid.h>
+
+blkid_probe get_swap_prober(const char *devname);
+
+#endif /* UTIL_LINUX_SWAP_PROBER_H */
+
diff --git a/lib/swapprober.c b/lib/swapprober.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deb754b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/swapprober.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+#include "c.h"
+#include "nls.h"
+
+#include "swapprober.h"
+
+blkid_probe get_swap_prober(const char *devname)
+{
+	blkid_probe pr;
+	int rc;
+	const char *version = NULL;
+	char *swap_filter[] = { "swap", NULL };
+
+	pr = blkid_new_probe_from_filename(devname);
+	if (!pr) {
+		warn(_("%s: unable to probe device"), devname);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	blkid_probe_enable_superblocks(pr, TRUE);
+	blkid_probe_set_superblocks_flags(pr,
+			BLKID_SUBLKS_LABEL | BLKID_SUBLKS_UUID |
+			BLKID_SUBLKS_VERSION);
+
+	blkid_probe_filter_superblocks_type(pr, BLKID_FLTR_ONLYIN, swap_filter);
+
+	rc = blkid_do_safeprobe(pr);
+	if (rc == -1)
+		warn(_("%s: unable to probe device"), devname);
+	else if (rc == -2)
+		warnx(_("%s: ambivalent probing result, use wipefs(8)"), devname);
+	else if (rc == 1)
+		warnx(_("%s: not a valid swap partition"), devname);
+
+	if (rc == 0) {
+		/* Only the SWAPSPACE2 is supported. */
+		if (blkid_probe_lookup_value(pr, "VERSION", &version, NULL) == 0
+		    && version
+		    && strcmp(version, stringify_value(SWAP_VERSION)))
+			warnx(_("%s: unsupported swap version '%s'"),
+						devname, version);
+		else
+			return pr;
+	}
+
+	blkid_free_probe(pr);
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/sys-utils/Makemodule.am b/sys-utils/Makemodule.am
index 058bb62d4..b75d5e005 100644
--- a/sys-utils/Makemodule.am
+++ b/sys-utils/Makemodule.am
@@ -262,7 +262,10 @@ dist_man_MANS += \
 
 swapon_SOURCES = \
 	sys-utils/swapon.c \
-	sys-utils/swapon-common.c
+	sys-utils/swapon-common.c \
+	sys-utils/swapon-common.h \
+	lib/swapprober.c \
+	include/swapprober.h
 swapon_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) \
 	-I$(ul_libblkid_incdir) \
 	-I$(ul_libmount_incdir) \
@@ -273,8 +276,11 @@ swapon_LDADD = $(LDADD) \
 	libmount.la \
 	libsmartcols.la
 
-swapoff_SOURCES = sys-utils/swapoff.c sys-utils/swapon-common.c
-swapoff_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(ul_libmount_incdir) -I$(ul_libblkid_incdir)
+swapoff_SOURCES = \
+	sys-utils/swapoff.c \
+	sys-utils/swapon-common.c \
+	sys-utils/swapon-common.h
+swapoff_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) -I$(ul_libmount_incdir)
 swapoff_LDADD = $(LDADD) libmount.la
 endif
 
diff --git a/sys-utils/swapon-common.c b/sys-utils/swapon-common.c
index 203d5c4d0..8f7788cb0 100644
--- a/sys-utils/swapon-common.c
+++ b/sys-utils/swapon-common.c
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-#include <blkid.h>
 
 #include "c.h"
 #include "nls.h"
-#include "swapheader.h"
-#include "swapon-common.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
 
+#include "swapon-common.h"
+
 /*
  * content of /proc/swaps and /etc/fstab
  */
@@ -106,45 +105,3 @@ size_t numof_uuids(void)
 	return ulct;
 }
 
-blkid_probe get_swap_prober(const char *devname)
-{
-	blkid_probe pr;
-	int rc;
-	const char *version = NULL;
-	char *swap_filter[] = { "swap", NULL };
-
-	pr = blkid_new_probe_from_filename(devname);
-	if (!pr) {
-		warn(_("%s: unable to probe device"), devname);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	blkid_probe_enable_superblocks(pr, TRUE);
-	blkid_probe_set_superblocks_flags(pr,
-			BLKID_SUBLKS_LABEL | BLKID_SUBLKS_UUID |
-			BLKID_SUBLKS_VERSION);
-
-	blkid_probe_filter_superblocks_type(pr, BLKID_FLTR_ONLYIN, swap_filter);
-
-	rc = blkid_do_safeprobe(pr);
-	if (rc == -1)
-		warn(_("%s: unable to probe device"), devname);
-	else if (rc == -2)
-		warnx(_("%s: ambivalent probing result, use wipefs(8)"), devname);
-	else if (rc == 1)
-		warnx(_("%s: not a valid swap partition"), devname);
-
-	if (rc == 0) {
-		/* Only the SWAPSPACE2 is supported. */
-		if (blkid_probe_lookup_value(pr, "VERSION", &version, NULL) == 0
-		    && version
-		    && strcmp(version, stringify_value(SWAP_VERSION)))
-			warnx(_("%s: unsupported swap version '%s'"),
-						devname, version);
-		else
-			return pr;
-	}
-
-	blkid_free_probe(pr);
-	return NULL;
-}
diff --git a/include/swapon-common.h b/sys-utils/swapon-common.h
similarity index 90%
rename from include/swapon-common.h
rename to sys-utils/swapon-common.h
index da58e199d..d1b679f2c 100644
--- a/include/swapon-common.h
+++ b/sys-utils/swapon-common.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef UTIL_LINUX_SWAPON_COMMON_H
 #define UTIL_LINUX_SWAPON_COMMON_H
 
-#include <blkid.h>
 #include <libmount.h>
 
 extern struct libmnt_cache *mntcache;
@@ -23,6 +22,4 @@ extern void add_uuid(const char *uuid);
 extern const char *get_uuid(size_t i);
 extern size_t numof_uuids(void);
 
-blkid_probe get_swap_prober(const char *devname);
-
 #endif /* UTIL_LINUX_SWAPON_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/sys-utils/swapon.c b/sys-utils/swapon.c
index ea5fdb28a..976f87e40 100644
--- a/sys-utils/swapon.c
+++ b/sys-utils/swapon.c
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
-#include <blkid.h>
-
-#include <libmount.h>
 #include <libsmartcols.h>
 
 #include "c.h"
@@ -23,11 +20,12 @@
 #include "blkdev.h"
 #include "pathnames.h"
 #include "xalloc.h"
+#include "strutils.h"
 #include "closestream.h"
 
 #include "swapheader.h"
+#include "swapprober.h"
 #include "swapon-common.h"
-#include "strutils.h"
 
 #define PATH_MKSWAP	"/sbin/mkswap"