diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h b/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8dcbd7baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Internal definitions for a target's KVM support
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_KVM_INT_H
+#define QEMU_KVM_INT_H
+
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/accel.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+
+typedef struct KVMSlot
+{
+    hwaddr start_addr;
+    ram_addr_t memory_size;
+    void *ram;
+    int slot;
+    int flags;
+} KVMSlot;
+
+#define TYPE_KVM_ACCEL ACCEL_CLASS_NAME("kvm")
+
+#define KVM_STATE(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(KVMState, (obj), TYPE_KVM_ACCEL)
+
+#endif
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 46b2015918..d7a8ebf5d2 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@
 #include "qemu/atomic.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
-#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
-#include "sysemu/accel.h"
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "hw/pci/msi.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/adapter.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
-#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "sysemu/kvm_int.h"
 #include "qemu/bswap.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
@@ -60,15 +58,6 @@
 
 #define KVM_MSI_HASHTAB_SIZE    256
 
-typedef struct KVMSlot
-{
-    hwaddr start_addr;
-    ram_addr_t memory_size;
-    void *ram;
-    int slot;
-    int flags;
-} KVMSlot;
-
 struct KVMState
 {
     AccelState parent_obj;
@@ -106,11 +95,6 @@ struct KVMState
 #endif
 };
 
-#define TYPE_KVM_ACCEL ACCEL_CLASS_NAME("kvm")
-
-#define KVM_STATE(obj) \
-    OBJECT_CHECK(KVMState, (obj), TYPE_KVM_ACCEL)
-
 KVMState *kvm_state;
 bool kvm_kernel_irqchip;
 bool kvm_async_interrupts_allowed;