diff --git a/modules/demux/Makefile.am b/modules/demux/Makefile.am
index b1c482365e8719a64571ce22bc9ff5602061e548..656675391cb0a010892af8c60352ff522f2a6ed6 100644
--- a/modules/demux/Makefile.am
+++ b/modules/demux/Makefile.am
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ EXTRA_LTLIBRARIES += libmkv_plugin.la
 libmp4_plugin_la_SOURCES = demux/mp4/mp4.c demux/mp4/mp4.h \
                            demux/mp4/fragments.c demux/mp4/fragments.h \
                            demux/mp4/libmp4.c demux/mp4/libmp4.h \
-                           demux/mp4/id3genres.h demux/mp4/languages.h \
+                           demux/mp4/languages.h \
                            demux/asf/asfpacket.c demux/asf/asfpacket.h \
+                           demux/meta_engine/ID3Genres.h \
                            demux/mp4/avci.h \
                            demux/mp4/essetup.c demux/mp4/meta.c
 libmp4_plugin_la_LIBADD = $(LIBM)
diff --git a/modules/demux/mp4/meta.c b/modules/demux/mp4/meta.c
index 180a11e913c423f8e9ba97a2164485ebc02fa965..3421e847d6d2bd399ee247f9d75b067b0d861385 100644
--- a/modules/demux/mp4/meta.c
+++ b/modules/demux/mp4/meta.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "mp4.h"
-#include "id3genres.h"                             /* for ATOM_gnre */
+#include "../meta_engine/ID3Genres.h"  /* for ATOM_gnre */
 #include "languages.h"
 
 #include <vlc_meta.h>
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ static void SetupmdirMeta( vlc_meta_t *p_meta, MP4_Box_t *p_box )
              BOXDATA(p_data)->e_wellknowntype == DATA_WKT_RESERVED )
         {
             const uint16_t i_genre = GetWBE(BOXDATA(p_data)->p_blob);
-            if( i_genre && i_genre <= NUM_GENRES )
-                vlc_meta_SetGenre( p_meta, ppsz_genres[i_genre - 1] );
+            if( i_genre && i_genre <= ID3_GENRES_COUNT )
+                vlc_meta_SetGenre( p_meta, ID3_ppsz_genres[i_genre - 1] );
         }
         break;
     }
diff --git a/modules/demux/mp4/id3genres.h b/modules/meta_engine/ID3Genres.h
similarity index 96%
rename from modules/demux/mp4/id3genres.h
rename to modules/meta_engine/ID3Genres.h
index 25cd8e9bc89c826ae363a9825dceb608a82423d9..852302e157bfa20196d7cbc38b2877501354a251 100644
--- a/modules/demux/mp4/id3genres.h
+++ b/modules/meta_engine/ID3Genres.h
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
- * id3genres.h: list of genres for id3 genre tags
+ * ID3Genres.h: list of genres for id3 genre tags
  *****************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 2002-2003 VLC authors and VideoLAN
- * $Id$
  *
  * Author: Sigmund Augdal Helberg <dnumgis@videolan.org>
  *         list found at http://www.id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames.txt
@@ -25,10 +24,12 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
  *****************************************************************************/
+#ifndef ID3GENRES_H
+#define ID3GENRES_H
 
-#define NUM_GENRES 148
+#define ID3_GENRES_COUNT 148
 
-static const char *ppsz_genres[] = {
+static const char *ID3_ppsz_genres[] = {
     N_("Blues"),
     N_("Classic Rock"),
     N_("Country"),
@@ -178,3 +179,5 @@ static const char *ppsz_genres[] = {
     N_("JPop"),
     N_("Synthpop")
 };
+
+#endif
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 379e281f01f3d9f5dc16edb42ac66e00e1f473df..024dba53c524c5ec37d608b192c5a9b2e51ddd0b 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ modules/demux/mkv/util.hpp
 modules/demux/mkv/virtual_segment.cpp
 modules/demux/mkv/virtual_segment.hpp
 modules/demux/mod.c
-modules/demux/mp4/id3genres.h
 modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.c
 modules/demux/mp4/libmp4.h
 modules/demux/mp4/mp4.c
@@ -942,6 +941,7 @@ modules/lua/meta.c
 modules/lua/vlc.c
 modules/lua/vlc.h
 modules/meta_engine/folder.c
+modules/meta_engine/ID3Genres.h
 modules/meta_engine/taglib.cpp
 modules/misc/audioscrobbler.c
 modules/misc/gnutls.c