diff --git a/src/node_api.gyp b/src/node_api.gyp
index fa34d8308..3de7da141 100644
--- a/src/node_api.gyp
+++ b/src/node_api.gyp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
   'targets': [
     {
-      'target_name': 'nothing'
+      'target_name': 'nothing',
+      'type': 'static_library',
+      'sources': [ 'nothing.c' ]
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'node-api',
diff --git a/src/nothing.c b/src/nothing.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb