diff --git a/cffi/.gitignore b/cffi/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff01e40a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cffi/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.eggs/
diff --git a/include/notcurses/nckeys.h b/include/notcurses/nckeys.h
index 2b11ea536..246ffd8d2 100644
--- a/include/notcurses/nckeys.h
+++ b/include/notcurses/nckeys.h
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#ifdef NOTCURSES_FFI
+#define static API
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __MINGW32__
+#define API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#else
+#define API __declspec(dllexport)
+#endif
+#define ALLOC __attribute__((malloc)) __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
+
 // Synthesized input events, i.e. any input event we can report that isn't
 // representative of some Unicode. This covers both keyboard and mouse events,
 // as well as signals and even window events.
diff --git a/src/libffi/ffi.c b/src/libffi/ffi.c
index 153e38ca2..7eb058a2b 100644
--- a/src/libffi/ffi.c
+++ b/src/libffi/ffi.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // This file is auto generated from tools/generate_ffi.py
 #include <notcurses/notcurses.h>
 #include <notcurses/direct.h>
+#include <notcurses/nckeys.h>
 
 bool nccapability_canchangecolor(const nccapabilities* caps);
 bool nccell_bg_default_p(const nccell* cl);
diff --git a/tools/generate_ffi.py b/tools/generate_ffi.py
index 311227d25..258a803aa 100644
--- a/tools/generate_ffi.py
+++ b/tools/generate_ffi.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def generate_ffi(notcurses_dir):
         f.write("// This file is auto generated from tools/generate_ffi.py\n")
         f.write("#include <notcurses/notcurses.h>\n")
         f.write("#include <notcurses/direct.h>\n\n")
+        f.write("#include <notcurses/nckeys.h>\n\n")
 
         for line in lines:
             line = line.replace("RESTRICT", "restrict")