diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 72f70b7..d20c4b0 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -147,10 +147,11 @@
 #define ME_INVALID_ARG		5
 };
 
-static char_u *start_dir = NULL;	/* current working dir on startup */
-
 #ifndef PROTO		/* don't want a prototype for main() */
 #ifndef NO_VIM_MAIN	/* skip this for unittests */
+
+static char_u *start_dir = NULL;	/* current working dir on startup */
+
     int
 # ifdef VIMDLL
 _export