diff --git a/src/psa_crypto_stubs.c b/src/psa_crypto_stubs.c
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+/** \file psa_crypto_stubs.c
+ *
+ * \brief Stub functions when MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT is enabled but
+ *        MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C is disabled.
+ */
+
+/*
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include <psa/crypto.h>
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT) && !defined(MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C)
+
+psa_status_t psa_generate_random(uint8_t *output,
+                                 size_t output_size)
+{
+    (void) output;
+    (void) output_size;
+
+    return PSA_ERROR_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
+}
+
+#endif /* MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_CLIENT && !MBEDTLS_PSA_CRYPTO_C */