diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 15cabd44..f34b8c00 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS = $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(ZLIB_CFLAGS)
 UTIL_FILES   =			\
     adapter.hpp			\
     adapter.cpp			\
+    alloc/fwd.hpp		\
     alloc/affix.cpp		\
     alloc/affix.hpp		\
     alloc/allocator.cpp		\
diff --git a/alloc/fwd.hpp b/alloc/fwd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed883313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alloc/fwd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016 Danny Robson <danny@nerdcruft.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __UTIL_ALLOC_FWD_HPP
+#define __UTIL_ALLOC_FWD_HPP
+
+
+namespace util { namespace alloc {
+    class affix;
+    class dynamic;
+    class fallback;
+    class linear;
+    class malloc;
+    class null;
+    class stack;
+
+    template <typename T> class arena;
+    template <typename B, typename T> class allocator;
+} }
+
+#endif