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diff --git a/ios/engine/KMEI/KeymanEngine/Classes/Model/LexicalModelKeymanPackage.swift b/ios/engine/KMEI/KeymanEngine/Classes/Model/LexicalModelKeymanPackage.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee6b2e7425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/engine/KMEI/KeymanEngine/Classes/Model/LexicalModelKeymanPackage.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+//  LexicalModelKeymanPackage.swift
+//  KeymanEngine
+//
+//  Created by Randy Boring on 3/4/19.
+//  Copyright © 2019 SIL International. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+public class LexicalModelKeymanPackage : KeymanPackage
+{
+    
+}
+
+// may be called parse()
+// returns a dictionary mapping language ID to lexical model ID
+public class processEntry() {
+    
+}