diff --git a/src/parseh.cpp b/src/parseh.cpp
index 8efef636a5e1c64e550907d95fc61f537aa00e9b..5a829edc4b980823e4d8cd34347aea7fc24bc250 100644
--- a/src/parseh.cpp
+++ b/src/parseh.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,10 @@ static void visit_enum_decl(Context *c, const EnumDecl *enum_decl) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // eagerly put the name in the table, but we need to remember to remove it if it fails 
+    // boy it would be nice to have defer here wouldn't it
+    c->enum_type_table.put(bare_name, true);
+
     const EnumDecl *enum_def = enum_decl->getDefinition();
 
     if (!enum_def) {
@@ -553,10 +557,6 @@ static void visit_enum_decl(Context *c, const EnumDecl *enum_decl) {
     node->data.struct_decl.visib_mod = VisibModExport;
     node->data.struct_decl.directives = create_empty_directives(c);
 
-    // eagerly put the name in the table, but we need to remember to remove it if it fails 
-    // boy it would be nice to have defer here wouldn't it
-    c->enum_type_table.put(bare_name, true);
-
 
     ZigList<AstNode *> var_decls = {0};
     int i = 0;
@@ -624,6 +624,11 @@ static void visit_record_decl(Context *c, const RecordDecl *record_decl) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // eagerly put the name in the table, but we need to remember to remove it if it fails 
+    // boy it would be nice to have defer here wouldn't it
+    c->struct_type_table.put(bare_name, true);
+
+
     RecordDecl *record_def = record_decl->getDefinition();
     if (!record_def) {
         // this is a type that we can point to but that's it, such as `struct Foo;`.
@@ -639,10 +644,6 @@ static void visit_record_decl(Context *c, const RecordDecl *record_decl) {
     node->data.struct_decl.visib_mod = VisibModExport;
     node->data.struct_decl.directives = create_empty_directives(c);
 
-    // eagerly put the name in the table, but we need to remember to remove it if it fails 
-    // boy it would be nice to have defer here wouldn't it
-    c->struct_type_table.put(bare_name, true);
-
     for (auto it = record_def->field_begin(),
               it_end = record_def->field_end();
               it != it_end; ++it)
diff --git a/test/run_tests.cpp b/test/run_tests.cpp
index a4cd3bbe5734d458374bac216077bb72627e861e..bb205031cba02ce5ac3df261414ee5f74685ae5a 100644
--- a/test/run_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/run_tests.cpp
@@ -1962,6 +1962,7 @@ pub const Bar = enum_Bar;)OUTPUT");
 void func(int array[20]);
     )SOURCE", R"OUTPUT(pub extern fn func(array: [20]c_int);)OUTPUT");
 
+
     add_parseh_case("self referential struct with function pointer", R"SOURCE(
 struct Foo {
     void (*derp)(struct Foo *foo);
@@ -1969,6 +1970,14 @@ struct Foo {
     )SOURCE", R"OUTPUT(export struct struct_Foo {
     derp: ?extern fn (?&struct_Foo),
 }
+pub const Foo = struct_Foo;)OUTPUT");
+
+
+    add_parseh_case("struct prototype used in func", R"SOURCE(
+struct Foo;
+struct Foo *some_func(struct Foo *foo, int x);
+    )SOURCE", R"OUTPUT(pub const struct_Foo = u8;
+pub extern fn some_func(foo: ?&struct_Foo, x: c_int) -> ?&struct_Foo;
 pub const Foo = struct_Foo;)OUTPUT");
 }