diff --git a/src/basic/architecture.h b/src/basic/architecture.h
index 467e5acbbf..ee91ea0d34 100644
--- a/src/basic/architecture.h
+++ b/src/basic/architecture.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * processor features, models, generations or even ABIs. Hence we
  * focus on general family, and distinguish word width and endianness. */
 
-typedef enum {
+typedef enum Architecture {
         ARCHITECTURE_ALPHA,
         ARCHITECTURE_ARC,
         ARCHITECTURE_ARC_BE,
diff --git a/src/basic/basic-forward.h b/src/basic/basic-forward.h
index adfe85eca0..ef616dc7a9 100644
--- a/src/basic/basic-forward.h
+++ b/src/basic/basic-forward.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct iovec_wrapper;
 union in_addr_union;
 union sockaddr_union;
 
+typedef enum Architecture Architecture;
 typedef enum CGroupFlags CGroupFlags;
 typedef enum CGroupMask CGroupMask;
 typedef enum ChaseFlags ChaseFlags;