diff --git a/src/gui/views/Makefile.am b/src/gui/views/Makefile.am
index f07075b8c..2bece7156 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/gui/views/Makefile.am
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ pkgdata_PYTHON = \
 	__init__.py \
 	listview.py \
 	navigationview.py \
-	pageview.py \
-	placebaseview.py
+	pageview.py
 
 pkgpyexecdir = @pkgpyexecdir@/gui/views
 pkgpythondir = @pkgpythondir@/gui/views
diff --git a/src/plugins/lib/Makefile.am b/src/plugins/lib/Makefile.am
index 0b688e1ef..9b9de78e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/plugins/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ pkgdata_PYTHON = \
 	libmixin.py\
 	libodfbackend.py\
 	libpersonview.py\
+	libplaceview.py\
 	libplugins.gpr.py\
 	libtranslate.py
 
diff --git a/src/gui/views/placebaseview.py b/src/plugins/lib/libplaceview.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/gui/views/placebaseview.py
rename to src/plugins/lib/libplaceview.py
diff --git a/src/plugins/lib/libplugins.gpr.py b/src/plugins/lib/libplugins.gpr.py
index d77cd80d1..b7b367208 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lib/libplugins.gpr.py
+++ b/src/plugins/lib/libplugins.gpr.py
@@ -254,3 +254,19 @@ fname = 'libpersonview.py',
 authors = ["The Gramps project"],
 authors_email = ["http://gramps-project.org"],
 )
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# libplaceview
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+register(GENERAL, 
+id    = 'libplaceview',
+name  = "lib for the place list views",
+description =  _("Provides the Base needed for the List Place views.") ,
+version = '1.0',
+status = STABLE,
+fname = 'libplaceview.py',
+authors = ["The Gramps project"],
+authors_email = ["http://gramps-project.org"],
+)
diff --git a/src/plugins/view/placetreeview.py b/src/plugins/view/placetreeview.py
index c1afaafcb..6757ee3a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/view/placetreeview.py
+++ b/src/plugins/view/placetreeview.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Place Tree View
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from gui.views.listview import LISTTREE
-from gui.views.placebaseview import PlaceBaseView
+from libplaceview import PlaceBaseView
 from gui.views.treemodels.placetreemodel import PlaceTreeModel, COUNTRYLEVELS
 import gen.lib
 import Errors
diff --git a/src/plugins/view/placeview.py b/src/plugins/view/placeview.py
index a613b2ee3..b87749726 100644
--- a/src/plugins/view/placeview.py
+++ b/src/plugins/view/placeview.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Place View
 # Gramps modules
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-from gui.views.placebaseview import PlaceBaseView
+from libplaceview import PlaceBaseView
 from gui.views.treemodels import PlaceModel
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------