diff --git a/src/cgutils.cpp b/src/cgutils.cpp
index 3cdc89416ef5cf..1610db268f9d8d 100644
--- a/src/cgutils.cpp
+++ b/src/cgutils.cpp
@@ -659,7 +659,14 @@ static Type *julia_type_to_llvm(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t *jt, bool *isboxed
 extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT_CODEGEN
 Type *jl_type_to_llvm_impl(jl_value_t *jt, LLVMContextRef ctxt, bool *isboxed)
 {
-    return _julia_type_to_llvm(NULL, *unwrap(ctxt), jt, isboxed, isboxed == nullptr);
+    return _julia_type_to_llvm(NULL, *unwrap(ctxt), jt, isboxed, false);
+}
+
+
+extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT_CODEGEN
+Type *jl_struct_to_llvm_impl(jl_value_t *jt, LLVMContextRef ctxt, bool *isboxed)
+{
+    return _julia_type_to_llvm(NULL, *unwrap(ctxt), jt, isboxed, true);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/codegen-stubs.c b/src/codegen-stubs.c
index fe50af3f8e84d3..2b87a8dcade5a7 100644
--- a/src/codegen-stubs.c
+++ b/src/codegen-stubs.c
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT LLVMOrcThreadSafeModuleRef jl_get_llvm_module_fallback(void *native
 
 JL_DLLEXPORT void *jl_type_to_llvm_fallback(jl_value_t *jt, LLVMContextRef llvmctxt, bool_t *isboxed) UNAVAILABLE
 
+JL_DLLEXPORT void *jl_struct_to_llvm_fallback(jl_value_t *jt, LLVMContextRef llvmctxt, bool_t *isboxed) UNAVAILABLE
+
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_get_libllvm_fallback(void) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT
 {
     return jl_nothing;
diff --git a/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc b/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
index 71a78b1c20fc7c..b9e9f10717a879 100644
--- a/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
+++ b/src/jl_exported_funcs.inc
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@
     YY(jl_dump_llvm_opt) \
     YY(jl_dump_fptr_asm) \
     YY(jl_get_function_id) \
+    YY(jl_struct_to_llvm) \
     YY(jl_type_to_llvm) \
     YY(jl_getUnwindInfo) \
     YY(jl_get_libllvm) \