diff --git a/include/tcg/startup.h b/include/tcg/startup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f71305765c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/tcg/startup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Tiny Code Generator for QEMU: definitions used by runtime startup
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef TCG_STARTUP_H
+#define TCG_STARTUP_H
+
+/**
+ * tcg_init: Initialize the TCG runtime
+ * @tb_size: translation buffer size
+ * @splitwx: use separate rw and rx mappings
+ * @max_cpus: number of vcpus in system mode
+ *
+ * Allocate and initialize TCG resources, especially the JIT buffer.
+ * In user-only mode, @max_cpus is unused.
+ */
+void tcg_init(size_t tb_size, int splitwx, unsigned max_cpus);
+
+/**
+ * tcg_register_thread: Register this thread with the TCG runtime
+ *
+ * All TCG threads except the parent (i.e. the one that called the TCG
+ * accelerator's init_machine() method) must register with this
+ * function before initiating translation.
+ */
+void tcg_register_thread(void);
+
+/**
+ * tcg_prologue_init(): Generate the code for the TCG prologue
+ *
+ * In softmmu this is done automatically as part of the TCG
+ * accelerator's init_machine() method, but for user-mode, the
+ * user-mode code must call this function after it has loaded
+ * the guest binary and the value of guest_base is known.
+ */
+void tcg_prologue_init(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index 44aced2ddd..3e45ee26fe 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -783,9 +783,6 @@ static inline void *tcg_malloc(int size)
     }
 }
 
-void tcg_init(size_t tb_size, int splitwx, unsigned max_cpus);
-void tcg_register_thread(void);
-void tcg_prologue_init(void);
 void tcg_func_start(TCGContext *s);
 
 int tcg_gen_code(TCGContext *s, TranslationBlock *tb, uint64_t pc_start);
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c
index 4b0dfb4be7..aed919d10b 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "tcg-accel-ops.h"
 #include "tcg-accel-ops-mttcg.h"
 
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c
index 2d523289a8..7c530d3cda 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-accel-ops-rr.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "qemu/notify.h"
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "tcg-accel-ops.h"
 #include "tcg-accel-ops-rr.h"
 #include "tcg-accel-ops-icount.h"
diff --git a/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c b/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c
index d9d8dde202..a95c0bfe6d 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/tcg-all.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 #include "exec/replay-core.h"
 #include "sysemu/cpu-timers.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "tcg/oversized-guest.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/bsd-user/main.c b/bsd-user/main.c
index dcdaf059bc..e72beaaa29 100644
--- a/bsd-user/main.c
+++ b/bsd-user/main.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "qemu/help_option.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "qemu/envlist.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 66962e1d4a..b0501996c7 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "gdbstub/user.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "qemu/envlist.h"
 #include "qemu/guest-random.h"
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 3521a2d70b..c6ffadd082 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "qemu/memfd.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu/plugin.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "target_mman.h"
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <endian.h>
@@ -141,7 +142,6 @@
 #include "special-errno.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "fd-trans.h"
-#include "tcg/tcg.h"
 #include "cpu_loop-common.h"
 
 #ifndef CLONE_IO
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 4ec4f34b93..87006496a9 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "exec/translation-block.h"
 #include "exec/tlb-common.h"
+#include "tcg/startup.h"
 #include "tcg/tcg-op-common.h"
 
 #if UINTPTR_MAX == UINT32_MAX
