diff --git a/src/PythonQtClassWrapper.h b/src/PythonQtClassWrapper.h
index 892dfaa86..d6368d5c5 100644
--- a/src/PythonQtClassWrapper.h
+++ b/src/PythonQtClassWrapper.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct PythonQtDynamicClassInfo;
 //! a Python wrapper object for PythonQt wrapped classes
 //! which inherits from the Python type object to allow
 //! deriving of wrapped CPP classes from Python.
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct PythonQtClassWrapperStruct {
   PyHeapTypeObject _base;
 
   //! the additional class information that PythonQt stores for the CPP class