diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cab603d7..a103be14 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ noinst_HEADERS = util-internal.h mm-internal.h ipv6-internal.h \
 	ratelim-internal.h \
 	evconfig-private.h \
 	WIN32-Code/event2/event-config.h \
+	WIN32-Code/evconfig-private.h \
 	WIN32-Code/tree.h \
 	compat/sys/queue.h
 
diff --git a/WIN32-Code/evconfig-private.h b/WIN32-Code/evconfig-private.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72cd0973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WIN32-Code/evconfig-private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _EVENT_EVCONFIG__PRIVATE_H
+#define _EVENT_EVCONFIG__PRIVATE_H
+
+/* Nothing to see here.  Move along. */
+
+#endif