diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a66abded17ce..e22dc0e6e560 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf \
 
 # Objects we will link into vmlinux / subdirs we need to visit
 init-y		:= init/
-drivers-y	:= drivers/ sound/ firmware/
+drivers-y	:= drivers/ sound/ firmware/ techpack/
 net-y		:= net/
 libs-y		:= lib/
 core-y		:= usr/
@@ -1382,6 +1382,7 @@ headers_install: __headers
 	  $(error Headers not exportable for the $(SRCARCH) architecture))
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include/uapi dst=include
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi $(hdr-dst)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=techpack
 
 PHONY += headers_check_all
 headers_check_all: headers_install_all
@@ -1391,6 +1392,7 @@ PHONY += headers_check
 headers_check: headers_install
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=include/uapi dst=include HDRCHECK=1
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=techpack HDRCHECK=1
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel selftest
diff --git a/techpack/.gitignore b/techpack/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b6ebed753e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techpack/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+# only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+# ignore all subdirs except stub
+!/stub/
diff --git a/techpack/Kbuild b/techpack/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa304462426b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techpack/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+# only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+TECHPACK?=y
+
+techpack-dirs := $(shell find $(srctree)/techpack -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -not -name ".*")
+obj-${TECHPACK} += stub/ $(addsuffix /,$(subst $(srctree)/techpack/,,$(techpack-dirs)))
+
+techpack-header-dirs := $(shell find $(srctree)/techpack -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -not -name ".*")
+header-${TECHPACK} += $(addsuffix /include/uapi/,$(subst $(srctree)/techpack/,,$(techpack-header-dirs)))
diff --git a/techpack/stub/Makefile b/techpack/stub/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..305e07bb8293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techpack/stub/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+ccflags-y := -Wno-unused-function
+obj-y := stub.o
diff --git a/techpack/stub/include/uapi/Kbuild b/techpack/stub/include/uapi/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef0f400666f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techpack/stub/include/uapi/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note
+#Stub place holder
diff --git a/techpack/stub/stub.c b/techpack/stub/stub.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fe36b81d695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techpack/stub/stub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2019-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
+ * only version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+static void _techpack_stub(void)
+{
+}