diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index cb0656aec3..07e4851aa4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2736,6 +2736,7 @@ Yank feature
 M: Lukas Straub <lukasstraub2@web.de>
 S: Odd fixes
 F: util/yank.c
+F: stubs/yank.c
 F: include/qemu/yank.h
 F: qapi/yank.json
 
diff --git a/stubs/meson.build b/stubs/meson.build
index 80b1d81a31..1a656cd070 100644
--- a/stubs/meson.build
+++ b/stubs/meson.build
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stub_ss.add(files('vm-stop.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('win32-kbd-hook.c'))
 stub_ss.add(files('cpu-synchronize-state.c'))
 if have_block
+  stub_ss.add(files('yank.c'))
   stub_ss.add(files('replay-tools.c'))
 endif
 if have_system
diff --git a/stubs/yank.c b/stubs/yank.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6090416065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/yank.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/yank.h"
+
+bool yank_register_instance(const YankInstance *instance, Error **errp)
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
+void yank_unregister_instance(const YankInstance *instance)
+{
+}
+
+void yank_register_function(const YankInstance *instance,
+                            YankFn *func,
+                            void *opaque)
+{
+}
+
+void yank_unregister_function(const YankInstance *instance,
+                              YankFn *func,
+                              void *opaque)
+{
+}
+
+void yank_generic_iochannel(void *opaque)
+{
+}
+
+