diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index d687c6a391..2a1101da92 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -192,12 +192,12 @@ gboolean nm_utils_is_specific_hostname (const char *name);
  * and should not normally be treated as a %guint64, but this is done for
  * convenience of validity checking and initialization.
  */
-typedef struct {
+struct _NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId {
 	union {
 		guint64 id;
 		guint8  id_u8[8];
 	};
-} NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId;
+};
 
 #define NM_UTILS_IPV6_IFACE_ID_INIT { .id = 0 }
 
diff --git a/src/nm-types.h b/src/nm-types.h
index 8d613a22cc..7229eba8b0 100644
--- a/src/nm-types.h
+++ b/src/nm-types.h
@@ -113,4 +113,7 @@ typedef struct _NMSecretAgent        NMSecretAgent;
 typedef struct _NMSettings           NMSettings;
 typedef struct _NMSettingsConnection NMSettingsConnection;
 
+/* utils */
+typedef struct _NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId   NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId;
+
 #endif  /* NM_TYPES_H */