diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 1a397c7ae..29cda90a3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import enum
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from . import dependencies
 
+    OptionDictType = typing.Dict[str, 'UserOption[Any]']
+
 version = '0.51.999'
 backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'vs2019', 'xcode']