diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0323f430899b21dd574cdefbb55590ea074d6693..3adddb40962d5255523b1823d300a5824b481df1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ UTIL_SOURCES =							\
 		util/virauthconfig.c util/virauthconfig.h	\
 		util/virbitmap.c util/virbitmap.h		\
 		util/virbuffer.c util/virbuffer.h		\
-		util/vircgroup.c util/vircgroup.h		\
+		util/vircgroup.c util/vircgroup.h util/vircgrouppriv.h	\
 		util/vircommand.c util/vircommand.h		\
 		util/virconf.c util/virconf.h			\
 		util/virdbus.c util/virdbus.h			\
diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 56d56f972021467e853449b322d58f041e0171f2..31d9131fb7dbd85a7fc6b79f5cf12bc4592dd190 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@
 #include <libgen.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 
-#include "internal.h"
+#define __VIR_CGROUP_ALLOW_INCLUDE_PRIV_H__
+#include "vircgrouppriv.h"
+
 #include "virutil.h"
 #include "viralloc.h"
-#include "vircgroup.h"
 #include "virlog.h"
 #include "virfile.h"
 #include "virhash.h"
@@ -52,18 +53,6 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virCgroupController, VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_LAST,
               "cpu", "cpuacct", "cpuset", "memory", "devices",
               "freezer", "blkio");
 
-struct virCgroupController {
-    int type;
-    char *mountPoint;
-    char *placement;
-};
-
-struct virCgroup {
-    char *path;
-
-    struct virCgroupController controllers[VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_LAST];
-};
-
 typedef enum {
     VIR_CGROUP_NONE = 0, /* create subdir under each cgroup if possible. */
     VIR_CGROUP_MEM_HIERACHY = 1 << 0, /* call virCgroupSetMemoryUseHierarchy
diff --git a/src/util/vircgrouppriv.h b/src/util/vircgrouppriv.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cc8cc0bad94cc0ef8a9b60f11f1198044884a359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/vircgrouppriv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * vircgrouppriv.h: methods for managing control cgroups
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2008
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __VIR_CGROUP_ALLOW_INCLUDE_PRIV_H__
+# error "vircgrouppriv.h may only be included by vircgroup.c or its test suite"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __VIR_CGROUP_PRIV_H__
+# define __VIR_CGROUP_PRIV_H__
+
+# include "vircgroup.h"
+
+struct virCgroupController {
+    int type;
+    char *mountPoint;
+    char *placement;
+};
+
+struct virCgroup {
+    char *path;
+
+    struct virCgroupController controllers[VIR_CGROUP_CONTROLLER_LAST];
+};
+
+#endif /* __VIR_CGROUP_PRIV_H__ */