diff --git a/client/dbus-proxy.c b/client/dbus-proxy.c
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+/*
+ *
+ *  Wireless daemon for Linux
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  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 2.1 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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <ell/ell.h>
+
+#include "dbus-proxy.h"
+
+bool dbus_proxy_init(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool dbus_proxy_exit(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/client/dbus-proxy.h b/client/dbus-proxy.h
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+/*
+ *
+ *  Wireless daemon for Linux
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2017  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  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 2.1 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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+bool dbus_proxy_init(void);
+bool dbus_proxy_exit(void);