diff --git a/src/mesa/main/simple_list.h b/src/mesa/main/simple_list.h
index 63475f6f740..ff7f8882382 100644
--- a/src/mesa/main/simple_list.h
+++ b/src/mesa/main/simple_list.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
 #ifndef _SIMPLE_LIST_H
 #define _SIMPLE_LIST_H
 
+struct simple_node {
+   struct simple_node *next;
+   struct simple_node *prev;
+};
+
 /**
  * Remove an element from list.
  *