diff --git a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
index 67fad800015..7bab3b752c5 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ function(generate_inc_file
     OUTPUT ${generated_file}
     COMMAND
     ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
-    ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/scripts/file2hex.py
+    ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/scripts/build/file2hex.py
     ${ARGN} # Extra arguments are passed to file2hex.py
     --file ${source_file}
     > ${generated_file} # Does pipe redirection work on Windows?
diff --git a/scripts/file2hex.py b/scripts/build/file2hex.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/file2hex.py
rename to scripts/build/file2hex.py