diff --git a/cake/libs/object.php b/cake/libs/object.php
index 961e0b46541..4eb9a96ec2e 100644
--- a/cake/libs/object.php
+++ b/cake/libs/object.php
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
  */
 class Object {
 
+/**
+ * constructor, no-op
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function __construct() {
+
+	}
+
 /**
  * Object-to-string conversion.
  * Each class can override this method as necessary.