diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index da6a222a9a..8e8e7e86c0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ shared_nm_glib_aux_libnm_glib_aux_la_SOURCES = \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-time-utils.c \
 	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-time-utils.h \
+	shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-value-type.h \
 	$(NULL)
 
 shared_nm_glib_aux_libnm_glib_aux_la_LDFLAGS = \
diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-value-type.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-value-type.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5d2bea5e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-value-type.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_VALUE_TYPE_H__
+#define __NM_VALUE_TYPE_H__
+
+#endif  /* __NM_VALUE_TYPE_H__ */