diff --git a/osal/FreeRTOS/BinarySemaphore.cpp b/osal/FreeRTOS/BinarySemaphore.cpp
index 026704d6..e6c308db 100644
--- a/osal/FreeRTOS/BinarySemaphore.cpp
+++ b/osal/FreeRTOS/BinarySemaphore.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <framework/serviceinterface/ServiceInterfaceStream.h>
 
+const uint32_t SemaphoreIF::NO_TIMEOUT = 0;
+
 BinarySemaphore::BinarySemaphore() {
 	handle = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
 	if(handle == nullptr) {
diff --git a/osal/linux/SemaphoreFactory.cpp b/osal/linux/SemaphoreFactory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b80176b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osal/linux/SemaphoreFactory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include <framework/tasks/SemaphoreFactory.h>
+#include <framework/serviceinterface/ServiceInterfaceStream.h>
+
+const uint32_t SemaphoreIF::NO_TIMEOUT = 0;
+
+SemaphoreFactory* SemaphoreFactory::factoryInstance = nullptr;
+
+SemaphoreFactory::SemaphoreFactory() {
+}
+
+SemaphoreFactory::~SemaphoreFactory() {
+	delete factoryInstance;
+}
+
+SemaphoreFactory* SemaphoreFactory::instance() {
+	if (factoryInstance == nullptr){
+		factoryInstance = new SemaphoreFactory();
+	}
+	return SemaphoreFactory::factoryInstance;
+}
+
+SemaphoreIF* SemaphoreFactory::createBinarySemaphore() {
+	sif::error << "Semaphore not implemented for Linux yet" << std::endl;
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+SemaphoreIF* SemaphoreFactory::createCountingSemaphore(uint8_t count,
+		uint8_t initCount) {
+	sif::error << "Counting Semaphore not implemented for "
+			"Linux yet" << std::endl;
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+void SemaphoreFactory::deleteMutex(SemaphoreIF* semaphore) {
+	delete semaphore;
+}