diff --git a/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c b/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9faba043b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/acpi/ghes-stub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Support for generating APEI tables and recording CPER for Guests:
+ * stub functions.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Linaro, Ltd
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/acpi/ghes.h"
+
+int acpi_ghes_record_errors(uint8_t source_id, uint64_t physical_address)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/hw/acpi/meson.build b/hw/acpi/meson.build
index dd69577212..9b7fa75719 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/meson.build
+++ b/hw/acpi/meson.build
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_PCI', if_true: files('pci.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_VMGENID', if_true: files('vmgenid.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_HW_REDUCED', if_true: files('generic_event_device.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_HMAT', if_true: files('hmat.c'))
-acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_APEI', if_true: files('ghes.c'))
+acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_APEI', if_true: files('ghes.c'), if_false: files('ghes-stub.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_X86', if_true: files('core.c', 'piix4.c', 'pcihp.c'), if_false: files('acpi-stub.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI_X86_ICH', if_true: files('ich9.c', 'tco.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IPMI', if_true: files('ipmi.c'), if_false: files('ipmi-stub.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PC', if_false: files('acpi-x86-stub.c'))
 acpi_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TPM', if_true: files('tpm.c'))
-softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI', if_false: files('acpi-stub.c', 'aml-build-stub.c'))
+softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI', if_false: files('acpi-stub.c', 'aml-build-stub.c', 'ghes-stub.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add_all(when: 'CONFIG_ACPI', if_true: acpi_ss)
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ALL', if_true: files('acpi-stub.c', 'aml-build-stub.c',
-                                                  'acpi-x86-stub.c', 'ipmi-stub.c'))
+                                                  'acpi-x86-stub.c', 'ipmi-stub.c', 'ghes-stub.c'))