diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.h
index 2a0b072df8..b4652d8443 100644
--- a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.h
+++ b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-typedef struct {
+typedef struct _NMRefString {
 	const char *const str;
 	const gsize len;
 } NMRefString;