diff --git a/src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.hh b/src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.hh
index 4207de8237..ac0e930c5e 100644
--- a/src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.hh
+++ b/src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.hh
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+class Checkpoint;
+
 namespace SparcISA
 {
     //These functions map register indices to names