diff --git a/webrtc/sdk/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/sdk/BUILD.gn
index 9b41a1e59c..c165d60c1f 100644
--- a/webrtc/sdk/BUILD.gn
+++ b/webrtc/sdk/BUILD.gn
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
     sources = [
       "objc/Framework/Classes/Video/corevideo_frame_buffer.cc",
       "objc/Framework/Classes/Video/corevideo_frame_buffer.h",
+
+      # TODO(mbonadei): remove this backward compatibility header
+      "objc/Framework/Classes/corevideo_frame_buffer.h",
     ]
 
     deps = [
diff --git a/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/corevideo_frame_buffer.h b/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/corevideo_frame_buffer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bef9372cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/corevideo_frame_buffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2016 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 WEBRTC_SDK_OBJC_FRAMEWORK_CLASSES_COREVIDEO_FRAME_BUFFER_H_
+#define WEBRTC_SDK_OBJC_FRAMEWORK_CLASSES_COREVIDEO_FRAME_BUFFER_H_
+
+// This is a backward compatibility header. It will be removed as soon as
+// dowstream projects will be updated.
+
+#include "webrtc/sdk/objc/Framework/Classes/Video/corevideo_frame_buffer.h"
+
+#endif  // WEBRTC_SDK_OBJC_FRAMEWORK_CLASSES_COREVIDEO_FRAME_BUFFER_H_