diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package.sh b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package.sh
index 305033cd44..d2c43dc7ab 100755
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package.sh
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ function prepare_src() {
   cp tensorflow/tools/pip_package/MANIFEST.in ${TMPDIR}
   cp tensorflow/tools/pip_package/README ${TMPDIR}
   cp tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py ${TMPDIR}
+  touch ${TMPDIR}/stub.cc
 
   rm -f ${TMPDIR}/tensorflow/libtensorflow_framework.so
   rm -f ${TMPDIR}/tensorflow/libtensorflow_framework.so.[0-9].*
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index c36a2a0fa8..6ed096aafc 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import os
 import re
 import sys
 
-from setuptools import Command
+from setuptools import Command, Extension
 from setuptools import find_packages
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.install import install as InstallCommandBase
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ setup(
             EXTENSION_NAME,
         ] + matches,
     },
+    ext_modules=[Extension('_foo', ['stub.cc'])],
     zip_safe=False,
     distclass=BinaryDistribution,
     cmdclass={
)