diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 87ca7d5..497082c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 build/
 
 # compile_commands.json symlink
+compile_commands.json
diff --git a/src/st/macros.h b/src/st/macros.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a272a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/st/macros.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef MACROS_H
+#define MACROS_H
+
+#define MIN(a, b)		((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+#define MAX(a, b)		((a) < (b) ? (b) : (a))
+#define LEN(a)			(sizeof(a) / sizeof(a)[0])
+#define BETWEEN(x, a, b)	((a) <= (x) && (x) <= (b))
+#define DIVCEIL(n, d)		(((n) + ((d) - 1)) / (d))
+#define DEFAULT(a, b)		(a) = (a) ? (a) : (b)
+#define LIMIT(x, a, b)		(x) = (x) < (a) ? (a) : (x) > (b) ? (b) : (x)
+#define ATTRCMP(a, b)		((a).mode != (b).mode || (a).fg != (b).fg || \
+				(a).bg != (b).bg)
+#define TIMEDIFF(t1, t2)	((t1.tv_sec-t2.tv_sec)*1000 + \
+				(t1.tv_nsec-t2.tv_nsec)/1E6)
+#define MODBIT(x, set, bit)	((set) ? ((x) |= (bit)) : ((x) &= ~(bit)))
+
+#define TRUECOLOR(r,g,b)	(1 << 24 | (r) << 16 | (g) << 8 | (b))
+#define IS_TRUECOL(x)		(1 << 24 & (x))
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/st/st.c b/src/st/st.c
index 5758702..44bfd1d 100644
--- a/src/st/st.c
+++ b/src/st/st.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <wchar.h>
 
 #include "st.h"
+#include "macros.h"
 #include "../win.h"
 
 #if   defined(__linux)
diff --git a/src/st/st.h b/src/st/st.h
index 1750b14..19924bd 100644
--- a/src/st/st.h
+++ b/src/st/st.h
@@ -7,23 +7,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-/* macros */
-#define MIN(a, b)		((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#define MAX(a, b)		((a) < (b) ? (b) : (a))
-#define LEN(a)			(sizeof(a) / sizeof(a)[0])
-#define BETWEEN(x, a, b)	((a) <= (x) && (x) <= (b))
-#define DIVCEIL(n, d)		(((n) + ((d) - 1)) / (d))
-#define DEFAULT(a, b)		(a) = (a) ? (a) : (b)
-#define LIMIT(x, a, b)		(x) = (x) < (a) ? (a) : (x) > (b) ? (b) : (x)
-#define ATTRCMP(a, b)		((a).mode != (b).mode || (a).fg != (b).fg || \
-				(a).bg != (b).bg)
-#define TIMEDIFF(t1, t2)	((t1.tv_sec-t2.tv_sec)*1000 + \
-				(t1.tv_nsec-t2.tv_nsec)/1E6)
-#define MODBIT(x, set, bit)	((set) ? ((x) |= (bit)) : ((x) &= ~(bit)))
-
-#define TRUECOLOR(r,g,b)	(1 << 24 | (r) << 16 | (g) << 8 | (b))
-#define IS_TRUECOL(x)		(1 << 24 & (x))
-
 enum glyph_attribute {
 	ATTR_NULL       = 0,
 	ATTR_BOLD       = 1 << 0,
diff --git a/src/x.c b/src/x.c
index f973a1d..c93f126 100644
--- a/src/x.c
+++ b/src/x.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 char *argv0;
 #include "arg.h"
 #include "st/st.h"
+#include "st/macros.h"
 #include "win.h"
 
 /* types used in config.h */