diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
index 2f8183249d..ba66d9a20c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
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     </ProjectReference>
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+      <Project>{53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(CoreDir)VideoCommon\VideoCommon.vcxproj">
       <Project>{3de9ee35-3e91-4f27-a014-2866ad8c3fe3}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Null/Null.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Null/Null.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7497675a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Null/Null.vcxproj
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+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}</ProjectGuid>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\Base.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\..\VSProps\PCHUse.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="NullBackend.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="Render.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="ShaderCache.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="VertexManager.cpp" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="FramebufferManager.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="PerfQuery.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="Render.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="ShaderCache.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="TextureCache.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="VertexManager.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="VideoBackend.h" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(CoreDir)VideoCommon\VideoCommon.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{3de9ee35-3e91-4f27-a014-2866ad8c3fe3}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
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diff --git a/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj b/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj
index fa5aa706a2..8f884cb5a2 100644
--- a/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(CoreDir)VideoBackends\Software\Software.vcxproj">
       <Project>{a4c423aa-f57c-46c7-a172-d1a777017d29}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(CoreDir)VideoBackends\Null\Null.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(CoreDir)VideoBackends\D3D12\D3D12.vcxproj">
       <Project>{570215b7-e32f-4438-95ae-c8d955f9fca3}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
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     <Exec Command="$(TargetPath)" />
   </Target>
-</Project>
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diff --git a/Source/dolphin-emu.sln b/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
index bfe2723023..c685361160 100644
--- a/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
+++ b/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
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 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Software", "Core\VideoBackends\Software\Software.vcxproj", "{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "Null", "Core\VideoBackends\Null\Null.vcxproj", "{53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}"
+EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Video Backends", "Video Backends", "{AAD1BCD6-9804-44A5-A5FC-4782EA00E9D4}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "pch", "PCH\pch.vcxproj", "{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}"
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 		{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
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+                {53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+                {53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+                {53A5391B-737E-49A8-BC8F-312ADA00736F}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
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 		{76563A7F-1011-4EAD-B667-7BB18D09568E}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
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 		{A4C423AA-F57C-46C7-A172-D1A777017D29} = {AAD1BCD6-9804-44A5-A5FC-4782EA00E9D4}
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