diff --git a/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.Linux.cs b/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.Linux.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05f183af318d9df43acf1a0e7c2a661f0cd9b26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.Linux.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace System.Device.I2c
+{
+    public partial class I2cDevice
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a communications channel to a device on an I2C bus running on Unix.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="settings">The connection settings of a device on an I2C bus.</param>
+        /// <returns>A communications channel to a device on an I2C bus running on Unix.</returns>
+        public static I2cDevice Create(I2cConnectionSettings settings) => new Drivers.UnixI2cDevice(settings);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.Windows.cs b/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.Windows.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c214e622e589d1d1ce4bee123d3031f67c7c5112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.Windows.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace System.Device.I2c
+{
+    public partial class I2cDevice
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a communications channel to a device on an I2C bus running on Windows 10 IoT.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="settings">The connection settings of a device on an I2C bus.</param>
+        /// <returns>A communications channel to a device on an I2C bus running on Windows 10 IoT.</returns>
+        public static I2cDevice Create(I2cConnectionSettings settings) => new Drivers.Windows10I2cDevice(settings);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.cs b/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.cs
index 576f08fbe33a9811dd268e9661531dcfbc48a7d2..f50855a54d1d8a7bc43c67911352eb5328678a95 100644
--- a/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.cs
+++ b/src/System.Device.Gpio/System/Device/I2c/I2cDevice.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace System.Device.I2c
     /// <summary>
     /// The communications channel to a device on an I2C bus.
     /// </summary>
-    public abstract class I2cDevice : IDisposable
+    public abstract partial class I2cDevice : IDisposable
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The connection settings of a device on an I2C bus.