diff --git a/shared/Makefile.am b/shared/Makefile.am
index c042fdbe80..c6ede00b6a 100644
--- a/shared/Makefile.am
+++ b/shared/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = \
      gsystem-local-alloc.h \
+     nm-common-macros.h \
      nm-dbus-compat.h \
      nm-default.h \
      nm-glib.h \
diff --git a/shared/nm-common-macros.h b/shared/nm-common-macros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7050aab7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/nm-common-macros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_COMMON_MACROS_H__
+#define __NM_COMMON_MACROS_H__
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+#endif /* __NM_COMMON_MACROS_H__ */