diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d857fe972c..a13ecbacd25 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${STRERROR_TABLE_H}
   COMMAND
   ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-  ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/scripts/gen_strerror_table.py
+  ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/scripts/build/gen_strerror_table.py
   -i include/errno.h
   -o ${STRERROR_TABLE_H}
   DEPENDS include/errno.h
diff --git a/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/strerror.c b/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/strerror.c
index ae2c02f3092..624e8922b7f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/strerror.c
+++ b/lib/libc/minimal/source/string/strerror.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <zephyr/sys/util.h>
 
 /*
- * See scripts/gen_strerror_table.py
+ * See scripts/build/gen_strerror_table.py
  *
  * #define sys_nerr N
  * const char *const sys_errlist[sys_nerr];
diff --git a/scripts/gen_strerror_table.py b/scripts/build/gen_strerror_table.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/gen_strerror_table.py
rename to scripts/build/gen_strerror_table.py