diff --git a/include/bits/stdio.h b/include/bits/stdio.h
index b20ee2bd9b6d4963b7bc338dbe4c8166ae2baa6b..10d1314d8b5c20709eeb86a7952f713e9455e99e 100644
--- a/include/bits/stdio.h
+++ b/include/bits/stdio.h
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #define EOF (-1)
 #define BUFSIZ 1024
 
+typedef struct FILE FILE;
+
 int fprintf(FILE * stream, const char * fmt, ...);
 int printf(const char * fmt, ...);
 int snprintf(char *s, size_t n, const char * fmt, ...);