diff --git a/include/git2/types.h b/include/git2/types.h
index aa53909d2..269c48249 100644
--- a/include/git2/types.h
+++ b/include/git2/types.h
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ typedef enum {
 	GIT_REF_HAS_PEEL = 8,
 } git_rtype;
 
+/** Config variable type */
+typedef enum {
+	GIT_VAR_INT,  /** Stores an integer value */
+	GIT_VAR_BOOL, /** Stores a boolean value */
+	GIT_VAR_STR   /** Stores a string */
+} git_cvar_type;
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 2aa9ec804..3b9da5241 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-#ifndef INCLUDE_tag_h__
-#define INCLUDE_tag_h__
+#ifndef INCLUDE_config_h__
+#define INCLUDE_config_h__
+
+#include "git2/config.h"
 
 struct git_config {
 	char *file_path;
@@ -14,12 +16,6 @@ struct git_config {
 	git_hashtable *vars;
 };
 
-typedef enum {
-	GIT_VAR_INT,
-	GIT_VAR_BOOL,
-	GIT_VAR_STR
-} git_cvar_type;
-
 struct git_cvar {
 	git_cvar_type type;
 	char *name;