diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp
index 0cafa3d125..c189a26ca3 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/tex2lyx.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void TexRow::newlines(int)
 
 
 // Dummy LyXRC support
-struct LyXRC {
+class LyXRC {
 	string icon_set;
 } lyxrc;