diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h b/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h
index a74fd70..05d9e2f 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/include/freetdm.h
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } ftdm_event_trace_t;
 
 /*! \brief Generic signaling message */
-struct ftdm_sigmsg {
+typedef struct ftdm_sigmsg {
 	ftdm_signal_event_t event_id; /*!< The type of message */
 	ftdm_channel_t *channel; /*!< Related channel */
 	uint32_t chan_id; /*!< easy access to chan id */
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ struct ftdm_sigmsg {
 		ftdm_event_sigstatus_t sigstatus; /*!< valid if event_id is FTDM_SIGEVENT_SIGSTATUS_CHANGED */
 		ftdm_event_trace_t logevent;	/*!< valid if event_id is FTDM_SIGEVENT_TRACE or FTDM_SIGEVENT_TRACE_RAW */
 	} ev_data;
-};
+} ftdm_sigmsg_t;
 
 /*! \brief Crash policy 
  *  Useful for debugging only, default policy is never, if you wish to crash on asserts then use ftdm_global_set_crash_policy */
diff --git a/libs/freetdm/src/include/ftdm_declare.h b/libs/freetdm/src/include/ftdm_declare.h
index bfec448..a3df3bf 100644
--- a/libs/freetdm/src/include/ftdm_declare.h
+++ b/libs/freetdm/src/include/ftdm_declare.h
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ typedef struct ftdm_event ftdm_event_t;
 typedef struct ftdm_conf_node ftdm_conf_node_t;
 typedef struct ftdm_group ftdm_group_t;
 typedef size_t ftdm_size_t;
-typedef struct ftdm_sigmsg ftdm_sigmsg_t;
 typedef struct ftdm_io_interface ftdm_io_interface_t;
 typedef struct ftdm_stream_handle ftdm_stream_handle_t;
 typedef struct ftdm_queue ftdm_queue_t;