diff --git a/src/libvterm/include/vterm.h b/src/libvterm/include/vterm.h
index ccd10c5..e797dff 100644
--- a/src/libvterm/include/vterm.h
+++ b/src/libvterm/include/vterm.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "vterm_keycodes.h"
@@ -16,6 +15,10 @@
 #define TRUE 1
 #define FALSE 0
 
+/* from stdint.h */
+typedef unsigned char		uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned int		uint32_t;
+
 typedef struct VTerm VTerm;
 typedef struct VTermState VTermState;
 typedef struct VTermScreen VTermScreen;