diff --git a/src/target/Makefile.am b/src/target/Makefile.am
index 5b6916dd8..745186d14 100644
--- a/src/target/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/target/Makefile.am
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ libtarget_la_SOURCES = \
 	$(MIPS32_SRC) \
 	$(NDS32_SRC) \
 	$(INTEL_IA32_SRC) \
+	$(RISCV_SRC) \
 	avrt.c \
 	dsp563xx.c \
 	dsp563xx_once.c \
@@ -134,6 +135,9 @@ INTEL_IA32_SRC = \
 	lakemont.c \
 	x86_32_common.c
 
+RISCV_SRC = \
+	riscv.c
+
 noinst_HEADERS = \
 	algorithm.h \
 	arm.h \
diff --git a/src/target/riscv.c b/src/target/riscv.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd34182d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/target/riscv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "target.h"
+#include "target_type.h"
+
+static int riscv_poll(struct target *target)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
+struct target_type riscv_target = {
+    .name = "riscv",
+
+    .poll = riscv_poll,
+};