4 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/globals.h b/src/nvim/globals.h
index cdfa882a3e..1f402f3ef9 100644
--- a/src/nvim/globals.h
+++ b/src/nvim/globals.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "nvim/ex_eval.h"
 #include "nvim/mbyte.h"
 #include "nvim/menu.h"
+#include "nvim/syntax_defs.h"
 
 /*
  * definition of global variables
diff --git a/src/nvim/syntax.c b/src/nvim/syntax.c
index 51aeda7293..7dd3453d16 100644
--- a/src/nvim/syntax.c
+++ b/src/nvim/syntax.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "nvim/regexp.h"
 #include "nvim/screen.h"
 #include "nvim/strings.h"
+#include "nvim/syntax_defs.h"
 #include "nvim/term.h"
 #include "nvim/ui.h"
 #include "nvim/os/os.h"
diff --git a/src/nvim/syntax_defs.h b/src/nvim/syntax_defs.h
index d8ef007ffc..11e342f870 100644
--- a/src/nvim/syntax_defs.h
+++ b/src/nvim/syntax_defs.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # define SST_DIST        16     /* normal distance between entries */
 # define SST_INVALID    (synstate_T *)-1        /* invalid syn_state pointer */
 
+typedef unsigned short disptick_T;      /* display tick type */
+
 /* struct passed to in_id_list() */
 struct sp_syn {
   int inc_tag;                  /* ":syn include" unique tag */
diff --git a/src/nvim/vim.h b/src/nvim/vim.h
index 5cde6e7989..6bdc58c54a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/vim.h
+++ b/src/nvim/vim.h
@@ -355,8 +355,6 @@ enum {
 #define PERROR(msg) \
   (void) emsg3((char_u *) "%s: %s", (char_u *)msg, (char_u *)strerror(errno))
 
-typedef unsigned short disptick_T;      /* display tick type */
-
 #define SHOWCMD_COLS 10                 /* columns needed by shown command */
 #define STL_MAX_ITEM 80                 /* max nr of %<flag> in statusline */