diff --git a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/CMakeLists.txt
index b3d47aaecf..3b95730625 100644
--- a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set(INSTALL_EXAMPLEDIR "${INSTALL_EXAMPLESDIR}/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car")
 
 set(car_SRCS)
 qt_add_dbus_adaptor(car_SRCS
-    car.xml
+    ../common/car.xml
     qobject.h
     "" # empty parent_class value on purpose to not pass -l flag
     car_adaptor
diff --git a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/car.pro b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/car.pro
index 5e354e3d0b..4c0f2a1eb9 100644
--- a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/car.pro
+++ b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/car.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 QT += dbus widgets
 
-DBUS_ADAPTORS += car.xml
+DBUS_ADAPTORS += ../common/car.xml
 HEADERS += car.h
 SOURCES += car.cpp main.cpp
 
diff --git a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/car.xml b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/common/car.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/car/car.xml
rename to examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/common/car.xml
diff --git a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/CMakeLists.txt
index 44f793b26c..e94d79a634 100644
--- a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set(INSTALL_EXAMPLEDIR "${INSTALL_EXAMPLESDIR}/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controll
 
 set(controller_SRCS)
 qt_add_dbus_interface(controller_SRCS
-    car.xml
+    ../common/car.xml
     car_interface
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/car.xml b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/car.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d8c9d19f2..0000000000
--- a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/car.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE node PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD D-BUS Object Introspection 1.0//EN"
-	"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/introspect.dtd">
-<node name="/com/trollech/examples/car">
-	<interface name="org.example.Examples.CarInterface">
-		<method name="accelerate"/>
-		<method name="decelerate"/>
-		<method name="turnLeft"/>
-		<method name="turnRight"/>
-		<signal name="crashed"/>
-	</interface>
-</node>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/controller.pro b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/controller.pro
index 07767141f4..eddcbdefdf 100644
--- a/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/controller.pro
+++ b/examples/dbus/remotecontrolledcar/controller/controller.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 QT += dbus widgets
 
-DBUS_INTERFACES += car.xml
+DBUS_INTERFACES += ../common/car.xml
 FORMS += controller.ui
 HEADERS += controller.h
 SOURCES += main.cpp controller.cpp