diff --git a/lib/readline/promises.js b/lib/readline/promises.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fcda0409cca97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/readline/promises.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  Error
+} = primordials;
+
+throw new Error('Not implemented'); // eslint-disable-line no-restricted-syntax
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index acae34fa393339..4c14eb6971b709 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
       'lib/punycode.js',
       'lib/querystring.js',
       'lib/readline.js',
+      'lib/readline/promises.js',
       'lib/repl.js',
       'lib/stream.js',
       'lib/stream/promises.js',