diff --git a/webrtc/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/BUILD.gn
index 53e34277c8..f359dc09ab 100644
--- a/webrtc/BUILD.gn
+++ b/webrtc/BUILD.gn
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ if (!build_with_chromium) {
       "ortc",
       "p2p",
       "pc",
+      "rtc_base",
       "sdk",
       "stats",
       "system_wrappers:system_wrappers_default",
diff --git a/webrtc/rtc_base/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f88717e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webrtc/rtc_base/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright (c) 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.
+
+import("../webrtc.gni")
+
+if (is_android) {
+  import("//build/config/android/config.gni")
+  import("//build/config/android/rules.gni")
+}
+
+group("rtc_base") {
+  public_deps = []
+  if (is_android) {
+    public_deps += [ ":base_java" ]
+  }
+}
+
+if (is_android) {
+  android_library("base_java") {
+    # TODO(kjellander): android_library hits an assert during GN generation
+    # unless java_files is set and contains at least one file.
+    # This will be cleaned up after the rename migration is completed.
+    # This target currently exists only so downstream projects can migrate
+    # to depend on both the old and the new target.
+    # See https://bugs.webrtc.org/7634 for more details.
+    java_files = [ "Dummy.java" ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/webrtc/rtc_base/Dummy.java b/webrtc/rtc_base/Dummy.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8f02c90db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webrtc/rtc_base/Dummy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ *  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 class only exists as glue in a transition.
+ * TODO(kjellander): Remove.
+ * See https://bugs.webrtc.org/7634 for more details.
+ */
+class Dummy {
+  Dummy() {
+  }
+}