diff --git a/include/libwebsockets.h b/include/libwebsockets.h
index e65f8d52f..841e0a697 100644
--- a/include/libwebsockets.h
+++ b/include/libwebsockets.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* place for one-shot opaque forward references */
 
+typedef struct lws_context * lws_ctx_t;
 struct lws_sequencer;
 struct lws_dsh;