diff --git a/libavfilter/Makefile b/libavfilter/Makefile
index 455c809b15..450d7810ef 100644
--- a/libavfilter/Makefile
+++ b/libavfilter/Makefile
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ OBJS-$(HAVE_THREADS)                         += pthread.o
 
 # subsystems
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_QSVVPP)                        += qsvvpp.o
-DNN-OBJS-$(CONFIG_LIBTENSORFLOW)             += dnn_backend_tf.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_DNN)                           += dnn_interface.o dnn_backend_native.o $(DNN-OBJS-yes)
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SCENE_SAD)                     += scene_sad.o
+include $(SRC_PATH)/libavfilter/dnn/Makefile
 
 # audio filters
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_ABENCH_FILTER)                 += f_bench.o
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn/Makefile b/libavfilter/dnn/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d12ade165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_DNN)                           += dnn/dnn_interface.o
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_DNN)                           += dnn/dnn_backend_native.o
+
+DNN-OBJS-$(CONFIG_LIBTENSORFLOW)             += dnn/dnn_backend_tf.o
+
+OBJS-$(CONFIG_DNN)                           += $(DNN-OBJS-yes)
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_native.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.c
rename to libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_native.c
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.h b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_native.h
similarity index 94%
rename from libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.h
rename to libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_native.h
index 5917955733..8ef1855e45 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_native.h
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_native.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
  */
 
 
-#ifndef AVFILTER_DNN_BACKEND_NATIVE_H
-#define AVFILTER_DNN_BACKEND_NATIVE_H
+#ifndef AVFILTER_DNN_DNN_BACKEND_NATIVE_H
+#define AVFILTER_DNN_DNN_BACKEND_NATIVE_H
 
-#include "dnn_interface.h"
+#include "../dnn_interface.h"
 #include "libavformat/avio.h"
 
 typedef enum {INPUT, CONV, DEPTH_TO_SPACE} DNNLayerType;
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_tf.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libavfilter/dnn_backend_tf.c
rename to libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.c
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_tf.h b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.h
similarity index 91%
rename from libavfilter/dnn_backend_tf.h
rename to libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.h
index 07877b1209..3e4508912e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_backend_tf.h
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_backend_tf.h
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
  */
 
 
-#ifndef AVFILTER_DNN_BACKEND_TF_H
-#define AVFILTER_DNN_BACKEND_TF_H
+#ifndef AVFILTER_DNN_DNN_BACKEND_TF_H
+#define AVFILTER_DNN_DNN_BACKEND_TF_H
 
-#include "dnn_interface.h"
+#include "../dnn_interface.h"
 
 DNNModel *ff_dnn_load_model_tf(const char *model_filename);
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_interface.c b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_interface.c
similarity index 98%
rename from libavfilter/dnn_interface.c
rename to libavfilter/dnn/dnn_interface.c
index 86fc283024..62da55f43e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_interface.c
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn/dnn_interface.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Implements DNN module initialization with specified backend.
  */
 
-#include "dnn_interface.h"
+#include "../dnn_interface.h"
 #include "dnn_backend_native.h"
 #include "dnn_backend_tf.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"