diff --git a/base-hw/src/core/context_area.cc b/base-hw/src/core/context_area.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d64567c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base-hw/src/core/context_area.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  Support code for the thread API
+ * \author Martin Stein
+ * \date   2013-05-07
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <rm_session/rm_session.h>
+
+using namespace Genode;
+
+/**
+ * Return single instance of the context-area RM-session
+ *
+ * In base-hw core this object is never used because contexts
+ * get allocated through the phys-mem allocator. Anyways the
+ * accessor must exist because generic main-thread startup calls
+ * it to ensure that common allocations do not steal context area.
+ */
+namespace Genode { Rm_session * env_context_area_rm_session() { return 0; } }
+
diff --git a/base-hw/src/core/target.inc b/base-hw/src/core/target.inc
index a4af0d337a..fea0b9649d 100644
--- a/base-hw/src/core/target.inc
+++ b/base-hw/src/core/target.inc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ SRC_CC += console.cc \
           platform.cc \
           platform_pd.cc \
           platform_thread.cc \
+          context_area.cc \
           ram_session_component.cc \
           ram_session_support.cc \
           rm_session_component.cc \