diff --git a/run_project_tests.py b/run_project_tests.py
index ea8f9016c..e08d0cd80 100755
--- a/run_project_tests.py
+++ b/run_project_tests.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 # Work around some pathlib bugs...
 from mesonbuild import _pathlib
@@ -81,6 +82,20 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
         no_unittests: bool
         only: T.List[str]
 
+    # In previous python versions the global variables are lost in ProcessPoolExecutor.
+    # So, we use this tuple to restore some of them
+    class GlobalState(T.NamedTuple):
+        compile_commands:   T.List[str]
+        clean_commands:     T.List[str]
+        test_commands:      T.List[str]
+        install_commands:   T.List[str]
+        uninstall_commands: T.List[str]
+
+        backend:      'Backend'
+        backend_flags: T.List[str]
+
+        host_c_compiler: T.Optional[str]
+
 ALL_TESTS = ['cmake', 'common', 'native', 'warning-meson', 'failing-meson', 'failing-build', 'failing-test',
              'keyval', 'platform-osx', 'platform-windows', 'platform-linux',
              'java', 'C#', 'vala', 'cython', 'rust', 'd', 'objective c', 'objective c++',
@@ -587,20 +602,6 @@ def detect_parameter_files(test: TestDef, test_build_dir: str) -> T.Tuple[Path,
 
     return nativefile, crossfile
 
-# In previous python versions the global variables are lost in ProcessPoolExecutor.
-# So, we use this tuple to restore some of them
-class GlobalState(T.NamedTuple):
-    compile_commands:   T.List[str]
-    clean_commands:     T.List[str]
-    test_commands:      T.List[str]
-    install_commands:   T.List[str]
-    uninstall_commands: T.List[str]
-
-    backend:      'Backend'
-    backend_flags: T.List[str]
-
-    host_c_compiler: T.Optional[str]
-
 def run_test(test: TestDef,
              extra_args: T.List[str],
              should_fail: str,