How do I create an empty custom table in Wix

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How do I get Wix to include a CustomTable with no rows in the final MSI? If I simply define the table like this

<CustomTable Id="MyTable">
  <Column Id="Id" Type="string" Category="Identifier" PrimaryKey="yes"/>
  <Column Id="Root" Type="string"/>
  <Column Id="Key" Type="string"/>
  <Column Id="Name" Type="string"/>
</CustomTable>

Wix omits it from the final output.

My CustomAction is expecting it to be there, so that it can add rows to it during execution.

Any ideas?

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