diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index ed4943efc..1e793dbd1 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1004,6 +1004,29 @@
         "nugetVersion": "1.1.0.3",
         "nugetId": "Xamarin.AndroidX.GridLayout"
       },
+      {
+        "groupId": "androidx.health.connect",
+        "artifactId": "connect-client",
+        "version": "1.1.0-rc02",
+        "nugetVersion": "1.1.0.1-rc02",
+        "nugetId": "Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client"
+      },
+      {
+        "groupId": "androidx.health.connect",
+        "artifactId": "connect-client-proto",
+        "version": "1.1.0-rc02",
+        "nugetVersion": "1.1.0.1-rc02",
+        "nugetId": "Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Proto",
+        "dependencyOnly": true
+      },
+      {
+        "groupId": "androidx.health.connect",
+        "artifactId": "connect-client-external-protobuf",
+        "version": "1.1.0-rc02",
+        "nugetVersion": "1.1.0.1-rc02",
+        "nugetId": "Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.ExternalProtobuf",
+        "dependencyOnly": true
+      },
       {
         "groupId": "androidx.heifwriter",
         "artifactId": "heifwriter",
diff --git a/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt b/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Shipped.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/PublicAPI/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/Transforms/Metadata.xml b/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/Transforms/Metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e10bf81a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/Transforms/Metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<metadata>
+  <!-- Remove the proto package dependency since proto classes are internal -->
+  <remove-node path="/api/package[@name='androidx.health.platform.client.proto']" />
+</metadata>
diff --git a/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.targets b/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.targets
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c250db1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/androidx.health.connect/connect-client/Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Remove the proto package reference as proto classes are embedded in this package -->
+    <PackageReference Remove="Xamarin.AndroidX.Health.Connect.Client.Proto" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>