diff --git a/src/entt/meta/context.hpp b/src/entt/meta/context.hpp
index 9bf1a21c5..6516f50c2 100644
--- a/src/entt/meta/context.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/meta/context.hpp
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 #include "../container/dense_map.hpp"
 #include "../core/fwd.hpp"
 #include "../core/utility.hpp"
+#include "fwd.hpp"
 
 namespace entt {
 
-class meta_ctx;
-
 /*! @cond TURN_OFF_DOXYGEN */
 namespace internal {
 
diff --git a/src/entt/meta/fwd.hpp b/src/entt/meta/fwd.hpp
index 4faedd653..1114f480a 100644
--- a/src/entt/meta/fwd.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/meta/fwd.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 namespace entt {
 
+class meta_ctx;
+
 class meta_sequence_container;
 
 class meta_associative_container;