diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 53d3f32cb2..5dd0aeeec6 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@ stub-obj-y += xen-common.o
 stub-obj-y += xen-hvm.o
 stub-obj-y += pci-host-piix.o
 stub-obj-y += ram-block.o
+stub-obj-y += ramfb.o
diff --git a/stubs/ramfb.c b/stubs/ramfb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48143f3354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/ramfb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "hw/display/ramfb.h"
+
+void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s)
+{
+}
+
+RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
+{
+    error_setg(errp, "ramfb support not available");
+    return NULL;
+}