diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/BUILD.gn b/modules/audio_processing/BUILD.gn
index a54b4598b7..0febbfb424 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/BUILD.gn
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/BUILD.gn
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ rtc_source_set("api") {
   ]
 }
 
+rtc_static_library("audio_buffer") {
+  visibility = [ "*" ]
+  sources = [
+    "audio_buffer_placeholder.cc",
+    "audio_buffer_placeholder.h",
+  ]
+}
+
 rtc_static_library("audio_processing") {
   visibility = [ "*" ]
   configs += [ ":apm_debug_dump" ]
@@ -128,6 +136,7 @@ rtc_static_library("audio_processing") {
   deps = [
     ":api",
     ":apm_logging",
+    ":audio_buffer",
     ":audio_frame_view",
     ":audio_generator_interface",
     ":audio_processing_c",
@@ -408,6 +417,7 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       ":analog_mic_simulation",
       ":api",
       ":apm_logging",
+      ":audio_buffer",
       ":audio_frame_view",
       ":audio_processing",
       ":audioproc_test_utils",
@@ -637,6 +647,7 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
 
     deps = [
       ":api",
+      ":audio_buffer",
       ":audio_processing",
       "../../api:array_view",
       "../../api/audio:audio_frame_api",
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.cc b/modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa872c33fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+#include "modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.h"
+
+// TODO(peah): Remove this file once the audio buffer has been moved to the
+// audio_buffer build target. The purpose of this file is to ensure that the
+// audio_buffer build target is not empty as that causes the compiler to
+// complain.
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.h b/modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c553f41a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/audio_buffer_placeholder.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
+ *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
+ *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_AUDIO_BUFFER_PLACEHOLDER_H_
+#define MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_AUDIO_BUFFER_PLACEHOLDER_H_
+
+// TODO(peah): Remove this file once the audio buffer has been moved to the
+// audio_buffer build target. The purpose of this file is to ensure that the
+// audio_buffer build target is not empty as that causes the compiler to
+// complain.
+struct AudioBufferPlaceholder {
+ public:
+  int dummy;
+
+ private:
+};
+
+#endif  // MODULES_AUDIO_PROCESSING_AUDIO_BUFFER_PLACEHOLDER_H_