diff --git a/packages/carbon-react/scss/compat/_theme.scss b/packages/carbon-react/scss/compat/_theme.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e35001e7a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/carbon-react/scss/compat/_theme.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Code generated by @carbon/react. DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2018, 2018
+//
+// This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
+// LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+//
+
+@forward '@carbon/styles/scss/compat/theme';
diff --git a/packages/carbon-react/scss/compat/_themes.scss b/packages/carbon-react/scss/compat/_themes.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7844e4a87a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/carbon-react/scss/compat/_themes.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Code generated by @carbon/react. DO NOT EDIT.
+//
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2018, 2018
+//
+// This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
+// LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+//
+
+@forward '@carbon/styles/scss/compat/themes';
diff --git a/packages/carbon-react/tasks/build-styles.js b/packages/carbon-react/tasks/build-styles.js
index 1d6b54fd8331..171e2cfbcd53 100644
--- a/packages/carbon-react/tasks/build-styles.js
+++ b/packages/carbon-react/tasks/build-styles.js
@@ -449,6 +449,20 @@ async function build() {
           },
         ],
       },
+      {
+        type: 'directory',
+        filepath: 'compat',
+        files: [
+          {
+            type: 'file',
+            filepath: '_theme.scss',
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'file',
+            filepath: '_themes.scss',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
     ],
   };
   const files = collect(styles);