diff --git a/media/BUILD.gn b/media/BUILD.gn
index 9911ce2437..31822cedb9 100644
--- a/media/BUILD.gn
+++ b/media/BUILD.gn
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ rtc_static_library("rtc_data") {
   } else {
     # libtool on mac does not like empty targets.
     sources = [
-      "//rtc_base/noop.cc",
+      "sctp/noop.cc",
     ]
   }
 
diff --git a/media/sctp/noop.cc b/media/sctp/noop.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3523b18b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/sctp/noop.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2017 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.
+ */
+
+// This file is only needed to make ninja happy on some platforms.
+// On some platforms it is not possible to link an rtc_static_library
+// without any source file listed in the GN target.