diff --git a/src/platform/BUILD.gn b/src/platform/BUILD.gn
index 38becc7ede7471..fc68f13a3ab4bf 100644
--- a/src/platform/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/platform/BUILD.gn
@@ -611,6 +611,9 @@ if (chip_device_platform != "none") {
   group("platform") {
     public_deps = [ ":platform_buildconfig" ]
   }
+
+  source_set("platform_base") {
+  }
 }
 
 source_set("syscalls_stub") {