diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemontools/daemontools_0.76.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemontools/daemontools_0.76.bb
index 35251cb8dc..d674e03781 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemontools/daemontools_0.76.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/daemontools/daemontools_0.76.bb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ DEPENDS += "daemontools-native"
 DEPENDS_class-native = ""
 
 do_compile() {
+    echo "int main() { return 0; }" >${S}/src/chkshsgr.c
     ./package/compile
 }