diff --git a/analysis/kt-references/kt-references-fe10/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/references/fe10/base/DummyKtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelper.kt b/analysis/kt-references/kt-references-fe10/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/references/fe10/base/DummyKtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelper.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3dc9138255f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/analysis/kt-references/kt-references-fe10/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/references/fe10/base/DummyKtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelper.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.references.fe10.base
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
+import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.kdoc.psi.impl.KDocName
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtDeclaration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
+
+/**
+ * A dummy implementation of [KtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelper]
+ *
+ * The actual implementation in IDE, [KtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelperImpl], is not always available, e.g., in Android Lint CLI.
+ * Other CLI clients that use reference resolution via PSI utils may need to register this dummy implementation too.
+ */
+@Suppress("Unused")
+object DummyKtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelper : KtFe10ReferenceResolutionHelper {
+    override fun isInProjectOrLibSource(element: PsiElement, includeScriptsOutsideSourceRoots: Boolean): Boolean = false
+
+    override fun resolveImportReference(file: KtFile, fqName: FqName): Collection<DeclarationDescriptor> = emptyList()
+
+    override fun partialAnalyze(element: KtElement): BindingContext = BindingContext.EMPTY
+
+    override fun findDecompiledDeclaration(
+        project: Project,
+        referencedDescriptor: DeclarationDescriptor,
+        builtInsSearchScope: GlobalSearchScope?
+    ): KtDeclaration? = null
+
+    override fun findPsiDeclarations(
+        declaration: DeclarationDescriptor,
+        project: Project,
+        resolveScope: GlobalSearchScope
+    ): Collection<PsiElement> = emptyList()
+
+    override fun resolveKDocLink(element: KDocName): Collection<DeclarationDescriptor> = emptyList()
+}
\ No newline at end of file