diff --git a/Version/dummy.cs b/Version/dummy.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/Version/version.csproj b/Version/version.csproj
index e0ba214dc6..9fb30caa54 100644
--- a/Version/version.csproj
+++ b/Version/version.csproj
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PreBuildEvent>"$(ProjectDir)..\Build\BizHawk.Build.Tool.exe" GIT_REV --wc "$(ProjectDir).." --template "$(ProjectDir)svnrev_template" --out "$(ProjectDir)svnrev.cs"</PreBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="dummy.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
   <Target Name="BeforeBuild">