diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 0cd7b68e1382..74a32dc49a93 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_NET_UTILS) += net_utils.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_STMP_DEVICE) += stmp_device.o
 
-libfdt_files = fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_rw.o fdt_sw.o fdt_strerror.o
+libfdt_files = fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_rw.o fdt_sw.o fdt_strerror.o \
+	       fdt_empty_tree.o
 $(foreach file, $(libfdt_files), \
 	$(eval CFLAGS_$(file) = -I$(src)/../scripts/dtc/libfdt))
 lib-$(CONFIG_LIBFDT) += $(libfdt_files)
diff --git a/lib/fdt_empty_tree.c b/lib/fdt_empty_tree.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d30c58150ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fdt_empty_tree.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#include <linux/libfdt_env.h>
+#include "../scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_empty_tree.c"