diff --git a/src/fortran/gpu_api.cxx b/src/fortran/gpu_api.cxx
index 41593206..728499f4 100644
--- a/src/fortran/gpu_api.cxx
+++ b/src/fortran/gpu_api.cxx
@@ -184,4 +184,16 @@ extern "C" int gpuMemcpyAsync(void* dst, const void* src, size_t bytes,
   return 0;
 }
 
+#elif defined(GTENSOR_DEVICE_HOST)
+
+// dummy implementation, one GPU only
+extern "C" int gpuStreamCreate(gt::stream_view::stream_t* pStream) { return 0; }
+
+extern "C" int gpuStreamDestroy(gt::stream_view::stream_t stream) { return 0; }
+
+extern "C" int gpuStreamSynchronize(gt::stream_view::stream_t stream)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
 #endif