diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 2151460f9e..ed6d9f8749 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 #define HW_BOARDS_H
 
 #include "sysemu/blockdev.h"
+#include "sysemu/qemumachine.h"
 #include "hw/qdev.h"
 
-typedef struct QEMUMachine QEMUMachine;
-
 typedef struct QEMUMachineInitArgs {
     const QEMUMachine *machine;
     ram_addr_t ram_size;
diff --git a/include/hw/xen/xen.h b/include/hw/xen/xen.h
index e1f88bf9cf..81e5bb1b22 100644
--- a/include/hw/xen/xen.h
+++ b/include/hw/xen/xen.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "sysemu/qemumachine.h"
 
 /* xen-machine.c */
 enum xen_mode {
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index a02d67cd5a..c9825702c9 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "config-host.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qom/cpu.h"
+#include "sysemu/qemumachine.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM
 #include <linux/kvm.h>
diff --git a/include/sysemu/qemumachine.h b/include/sysemu/qemumachine.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cefd56b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/qemumachine.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU Machine typedef
+ *
+ * Copyright Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMUMACHINE_H
+#define QEMUMACHINE_H
+
+typedef struct QEMUMachine QEMUMachine;
+
+#endif /* !QEMUMACHINE_H */
diff --git a/include/sysemu/qtest.h b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
index 28f4875112..d6434cdc14 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/qtest.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/qtest.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "sysemu/qemumachine.h"
 
 extern bool qtest_allowed;
 
diff --git a/kvm-stub.c b/kvm-stub.c
index e979f76d07..b1c4429ea8 100644
--- a/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/kvm-stub.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "sysemu/qemumachine.h"
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 #include "hw/pci/msi.h"