diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c b/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c
index 0c815a8b..5ee9c6e5 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/android_os_MessageQueue.c
@@ -7,15 +7,9 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
+#include "../libandroid/looper.h"
 #include "generated_headers/android_os_MessageQueue.h"
 
-/* TODO put these in a header */
-typedef void ALooper;
-ALooper * ALooper_prepare(void);
-void ALooper_wake(ALooper *looper);
-bool ALooper_isPolling(ALooper *looper);
-int ALooper_pollOnce(int timeoutMillis, int* outFd, int* outEvents, void** outData);
-
 struct native_message_queue {
 	ALooper *looper;
 	bool in_callback;
@@ -40,7 +34,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_android_os_MessageQueue_nativeInit(JNIEnv *env, jcl
 	struct native_message_queue *message_queue = malloc(sizeof(struct native_message_queue));
 
 	message_queue->in_callback = false;
-	message_queue->looper = ALooper_prepare();
+	message_queue->looper = ALooper_prepare(0);
 	message_queue->is_main_thread = g_thread_self() == main_thread_id;
 
 	return _INTPTR(message_queue);
diff --git a/src/libandroid/looper.c b/src/libandroid/looper.c
index 134c2679..a17b9e0a 100644
--- a/src/libandroid/looper.c
+++ b/src/libandroid/looper.c
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-typedef void ALooper;
+#include "looper.h"
+
 typedef int (*Looper_callbackFunc)(int fd, int events, void* data);
 
 // dummy strong pointer class
diff --git a/src/libandroid/looper.h b/src/libandroid/looper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f41e75e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libandroid/looper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef LOOPER_H
+#define LOOPER_H
+
+typedef void ALooper;
+ALooper * ALooper_prepare(int opts);
+void ALooper_wake(ALooper *looper);
+bool ALooper_isPolling(ALooper *looper);
+int ALooper_pollOnce(int timeoutMillis, int* outFd, int* outEvents, void** outData);
+
+#endif