diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index 7613d3a107..b29e1d5c35 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ sub parse_config() {
 		my $valid = 1;
 		$line[0] =~ /^src-[\w-]+$/ or $valid = 0;
 		$line[1] =~ /^\w+$/ or $valid = 0;
-		@src = split /\s+/, $line[2];
+		@src = split /\s+/, ($line[2] or '');
+		@src = ('') if @src == 0;
 		$valid or die "Syntax error in feeds.conf, line: $line\n";
 
 		$name{$line[1]} and die "Duplicate feed name '$line[1]', line: $line\n";
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ my %update_method = (
 		'init'		=> "ln -s '%s' '%s'",
 		'update'	=> "",
 		'revision'	=> "echo -n 'local'"},
+	'src-dummy' => {
+		'init'		=> "true '%s' && mkdir '%s'",
+		'update'	=> "",
+		'revision'	=> "echo -n 'dummy'"},
 	'src-git' => {
 		'init'          => "git clone --depth 1 '%s' '%s'",
 		'init_branch'   => "git clone --depth 1 --branch '%s' '%s' '%s'",