diff --git a/tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_empty.dts b/tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_empty.dts
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+/*
+ * Test device tree file for dtoc
+ *
+ * Copyright 2017 Google, Inc
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+ /dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+};