diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h
index fc4f6cfeca..e97d661701 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h
@@ -2088,6 +2088,14 @@ struct _Evas_Smart_Cb_Description
    EAPI Eina_List                          *evas_object_table_children_get    (const Evas_Object *o) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1) EINA_MALLOC;
    EAPI Evas_Object                        *evas_object_table_child_get       (const Evas_Object *o, unsigned short col, unsigned short row) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
 
+/**
+ * @defgroup Evas_Proxy Evas Proxy Objects
+ *
+ * Provides a way of applying effects to complete objects.
+ */
+   EAPI Evas_Object                         *evas_object_proxy_add            (Evas *e) EINA_MALLOC;
+   EAPI Eina_Bool                            evas_object_proxy_source_set     (Evas_Object *o, Evas_Object *source);
+
 /**
  * @defgroup Evas_Cserve Shared Image Cache Server
  *
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/Makefile.am b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/Makefile.am
index d5959fa67f..8f70ef0262 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/Makefile.am
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ evas_object_inform.c \
 evas_object_intercept.c \
 evas_object_line.c \
 evas_object_polygon.c \
+evas_object_proxy.c \
 evas_object_rectangle.c \
 evas_object_smart.c \
 evas_object_smart_clipped.c \
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
index f723c8522b..fb7476d55e 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct _Evas_Post_Callback          Evas_Post_Callback;
 #define MAGIC_OBJ_TEXT             0x71777776
 #define MAGIC_OBJ_SMART            0x71777777
 #define MAGIC_OBJ_TEXTBLOCK        0x71777778
+#define MAGIC_OBJ_PROXY	           0x71777779
 #define MAGIC_SMART                0x72777770
 #define MAGIC_OBJ_SHAPE            0x72777773
 #define MAGIC_OBJ_CONTAINER        0x72777774