diff --git a/components/rtgui/include/rtgui/event.h b/components/rtgui/include/rtgui/event.h
index 09bc80a6bb05ce24fcf4b7388c760caf9dd921c8..231263d5fe35cfd00a00c53b93afebb5f9483ffc 100644
--- a/components/rtgui/include/rtgui/event.h
+++ b/components/rtgui/include/rtgui/event.h
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ struct rtgui_event_timer
 
 	struct rtgui_timer *timer;
 };
+typedef struct rtgui_event_timer rtgui_event_timer_t;
+
 
 struct rtgui_event_clip_info
 {