diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6846eb96939..4a60ce8b900 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ BITCOIN_CORE_H = \
   wallet/load.h \
   wallet/receive.h \
   wallet/rpcwallet.h \
+  wallet/rpc/util.h \
   wallet/salvage.h \
   wallet/scriptpubkeyman.h \
   wallet/spend.h \
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ libbitcoin_wallet_a_SOURCES = \
   wallet/load.cpp \
   wallet/receive.cpp \
   wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp \
+  wallet/rpc/util.cpp \
   wallet/rpcdump.cpp \
   wallet/rpcwallet.cpp \
   wallet/scriptpubkeyman.cpp \
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp b/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fbe0c172c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2011-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <wallet/rpc/util.h>
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpc/util.h b/src/wallet/rpc/util.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5987c60d07d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wallet/rpc/util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_WALLET_RPC_UTIL_H
+#define BITCOIN_WALLET_RPC_UTIL_H
+
+
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_WALLET_RPC_UTIL_H