diff --git a/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index c7d5d43c84..cd5a5aeace 100644
--- a/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ find_package(Libsmbclient REQUIRED)
 
 set(MODULES_PUBLIC_INCLUDE_DIRS
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  CACHE INTERNAL "smb_plugin include directories"
+  CACHE INTERNAL "modules include directories"
 )
 
 set(MODULES_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ include_directories(
 macro_add_plugin(${SMB_PLUGIN} csync_smb.c)
 target_link_libraries(${SMB_PLUGIN} ${LIBSMBCLIENT_LIBRARIES} ${CSTDLIB_LIBRARY})
 
+macro_add_plugin(csync_dummy csync_dummy.c)
+
 INSTALL(
   TARGETS
     ${SMB_PLUGIN}
diff --git a/modules/csync_dummy.c b/modules/csync_dummy.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b28b4378b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/csync_dummy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/*
+ * libcsync -- a library to sync a directory with another
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008      by Andreas Schneider <mail@cynapses.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software = NULL, you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation = NULL, either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY = NULL, without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program = NULL, if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * vim: ts=2 sw=2 et cindent
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "c_lib.h"
+#include "vio/csync_vio_module.h"
+#include "vio/csync_vio_file_stat.h"
+
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+#define DEBUG_DUMMY(x)
+#else
+#define DEBUG_DUMMY(x) printf x
+#endif
+
+csync_vio_method_handle_t *mh = NULL;
+csync_vio_file_stat_t fs;
+
+/*
+ * file functions
+ */
+
+static csync_vio_method_handle_t *_open(const char *durl, int flags, mode_t mode) {
+  (void) durl;
+  (void) flags;
+  (void) mode;
+
+  return &mh;
+}
+
+static csync_vio_method_handle_t *_creat(const char *durl, mode_t mode) {
+  (void) durl;
+  (void) mode;
+
+  return &mh;
+}
+
+static int _close(csync_vio_method_handle_t *fhandle) {
+  (void) fhandle;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t _read(csync_vio_method_handle_t *fhandle, void *buf, size_t count) {
+  (void) fhandle;
+  (void) buf;
+  (void) count;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t _write(csync_vio_method_handle_t *fhandle, const void *buf, size_t count) {
+  (void) fhandle;
+  (void) buf;
+  (void) count;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static off_t _lseek(csync_vio_method_handle_t *fhandle, off_t offset, int whence) {
+  (void) fhandle;
+  (void) offset;
+  (void) whence;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * directory functions
+ */
+
+static csync_vio_method_handle_t *_opendir(const char *name) {
+  (void) name;
+
+  return &mh;
+}
+
+static int _closedir(csync_vio_method_handle_t *dhandle) {
+  (void) dhandle;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static csync_vio_file_stat_t *_readdir(csync_vio_method_handle_t *dhandle) {
+  (void) dhandle;
+
+  return &fs;
+}
+
+static int _mkdir(const char *uri, mode_t mode) {
+  (void) uri;
+  (void) mode;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _rmdir(const char *uri) {
+  (void) uri;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _stat(const char *uri, csync_vio_file_stat_t *buf) {
+  time_t now;
+
+  buf->name = c_basename(uri);
+  if (buf->name == NULL) {
+    csync_vio_file_stat_destroy(buf);
+  }
+  buf->fields = CSYNC_VIO_FILE_STAT_FIELDS_NONE;
+
+  time(&now);
+  buf->mtime = now;
+  buf->fields |= CSYNC_VIO_FILE_STAT_FIELDS_MTIME;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _rename(const char *olduri, const char *newuri) {
+  (void) olduri;
+  (void) newuri;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _unlink(const char *uri) {
+  (void) uri;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _chmod(const char *uri, mode_t mode) {
+  (void) uri;
+  (void) mode;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _chown(const char *uri, uid_t owner, gid_t group) {
+  (void) uri;
+  (void) owner;
+  (void) group;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int _utimes(const char *uri, const struct timeval *times) {
+  (void) uri;
+  (void) times;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+csync_vio_method_t _method = {
+  .method_table_size = sizeof(csync_vio_method_t),
+  .open = _open,
+  .creat = _creat,
+  .close = _close,
+  .read = _read,
+  .write = _write,
+  .lseek = _lseek,
+  .opendir = _opendir,
+  .closedir = _closedir,
+  .readdir = _readdir,
+  .mkdir = _mkdir,
+  .rmdir = _rmdir,
+  .stat = _stat,
+  .rename = _rename,
+  .unlink = _unlink,
+  .chmod = _chmod,
+  .chown = _chown,
+  .utimes = _utimes
+};
+
+csync_vio_method_t *vio_module_init(const char *method_name, const char *args) {
+  DEBUG_DUMMY(("csync_dummy - method_name: %s\n", method_name));
+  DEBUG_DUMMY(("csync_dummy - args: %s\n", args));
+
+  (void) method_name;
+  (void) args;
+
+  mh = (void *) method_name;
+  fs.mtime = 42;
+
+  return &_method;
+}
+
+void vio_module_shutdown(csync_vio_method_t *method) {
+  (void) method;
+}
+