diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/annotation/SoLoaderLibrary.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/annotation/SoLoaderLibrary.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.soloader.annotation
+
+/**
+ * Stub annotation for open-source Gradle builds. The real implementation lives in
+ * fbandroid/java/com/facebook/soloader/annotation/ and is used by the internal Buck build for
+ * compile-time validation of native library merging.
+ */
+@Retention(AnnotationRetention.SOURCE)
+@Target(AnnotationTarget.CLASS)
+internal annotation class SoLoaderLibrary(vararg val value: String)