diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index 6604e1a868..ce45f80edd 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ ifneq ($(findstring Linux,$(OS)),)
           frontend/drivers/platform_linux.o
 endif
 
+
 ifeq ($(findstring Haiku,$(OS)),)
    LIBS += -lm
    DEBUG_FLAG = -g
@@ -633,6 +634,7 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_GL_CONTEXT), 1)
       ifeq ($(HAVE_VULKAN), 1)
          OBJ += gfx/drivers_context/wayland_ctx_vulkan.o
       endif
+		UNIX_COMMON=1
    endif
 
    ifeq ($(HAVE_GLES), 1)
@@ -660,6 +662,11 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_GL_CONTEXT), 1)
    DEFINES += -DHAVE_GLSL
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(UNIX_COMMON),1)
+   OBJ += gfx/common/unix_common.o
+endif
+
+
 ifeq ($(HAVE_EGL), 1)
    OBJ += gfx/common/egl_common.o
 endif
diff --git a/gfx/common/unix_common.c b/gfx/common/unix_common.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82dd848062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gfx/common/unix_common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2016 - Daniel De Matteis
+ * 
+ *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch 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.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "unix_common.h"
+
+bool unix_common_ctl(enum unix_common_ctl_state state, void *data)
+{
+   switch (state)
+   {
+      default:
+      case UNIX_COMMON_NONE:
+         break;
+   }
+
+   return true;
+}
diff --git a/gfx/common/unix_common.h b/gfx/common/unix_common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a1fdf47c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gfx/common/unix_common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2011-2016 - Daniel De Matteis
+ * 
+ *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
+ *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  RetroArch 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.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
+ *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UNIX_COMMON_H
+#define _UNIX_COMMON_H
+
+#include <boolean.h>
+
+enum unix_common_ctl_state
+{
+   UNIX_COMMON_NONE = 0
+};
+
+bool unix_common_ctl(enum unix_common_ctl_state state, void *data);
+
+#endif