diff --git a/core/page.cpp b/core/page.cpp
index 5ae607486..12f32ba1c 100644
--- a/core/page.cpp
+++ b/core/page.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "form.h"
 #include "link.h"
 #include "page.h"
+#include "page_p.h"
 #include "pagesize.h"
 #include "pagetransition.h"
 #include "rotationjob.h"
@@ -42,64 +43,43 @@ static void deleteObjectRects( QLinkedList< ObjectRect * >& rects, const QSet<Ob
             ++it;
 }
 
-class Page::Private
+PagePrivate::PagePrivate( Page *page, uint n, double w, double h, Rotation o )
+    : m_page( page ), m_number( n ), m_orientation( o ),
+      m_width( w ), m_height( h ),
+      m_rotation( Rotation0 ), m_maxuniqueNum( 0 ),
+      m_text( 0 ), m_transition( 0 ),
+      m_openingAction( 0 ), m_closingAction( 0 ), m_duration( -1 )
 {
-    public:
-        Private( Page *page, uint n, double w, double h, Rotation o )
-            : m_page( page ), m_number( n ), m_orientation( o ),
-              m_width( w ), m_height( h ),
-              m_rotation( Rotation0 ), m_maxuniqueNum( 0 ),
-              m_text( 0 ), m_transition( 0 ),
-              m_openingAction( 0 ), m_closingAction( 0 ), m_duration( -1 )
-        {
-            // avoid Division-By-Zero problems in the program
-            if ( m_width <= 0 )
-                m_width = 1;
-
-            if ( m_height <= 0 )
-                m_height = 1;
-        }
+    // avoid Division-By-Zero problems in the program
+    if ( m_width <= 0 )
+        m_width = 1;
 
-        ~Private()
-        {
-            qDeleteAll( formfields );
-            delete m_openingAction;
-            delete m_closingAction;
-            delete m_text;
-            delete m_transition;
-        }
-
-        void imageRotationDone();
-        QMatrix rotationMatrix() const;
+    if ( m_height <= 0 )
+        m_height = 1;
+}
 
-        Page *m_page;
-        int m_number;
-        Rotation m_orientation;
-        double m_width, m_height;
-        Rotation m_rotation;
-        int m_maxuniqueNum;
+PagePrivate::~PagePrivate()
+{
+    qDeleteAll( formfields );
+    delete m_openingAction;
+    delete m_closingAction;
+    delete m_text;
+    delete m_transition;
+}
 
-        TextPage * m_text;
-        PageTransition * m_transition;
-        QLinkedList< FormField * > formfields;
-        Link * m_openingAction;
-        Link * m_closingAction;
-        double m_duration;
-        QString m_label;
-};
 
-void Page::Private::imageRotationDone()
+void PagePrivate::imageRotationDone()
 {
     RotationJob *job = static_cast<RotationJob*>( m_page->sender() );
 
-    QMap< int, PixmapObject >::iterator it = m_page->m_pixmaps.find( job->id() );
+    QMap< int, Page::PixmapObject >::iterator it = m_page->m_pixmaps.find( job->id() );
     if ( it != m_page->m_pixmaps.end() )
     {
-        PixmapObject &object = it.value();
+        Page::PixmapObject &object = it.value();
         (*object.m_pixmap) = QPixmap::fromImage( job->image() );
         object.m_rotation = job->rotation();
     } else {
-        PixmapObject object;
+        Page::PixmapObject object;
         object.m_pixmap = new QPixmap( QPixmap::fromImage( job->image() ) );
         object.m_rotation = job->rotation();
 
@@ -111,7 +91,7 @@ void Page::Private::imageRotationDone()
     job->deleteLater();
 }
 
-QMatrix Page::Private::rotationMatrix() const
+QMatrix PagePrivate::rotationMatrix() const
 {
     QMatrix matrix;
     matrix.rotate( (int)m_rotation * 90 );
@@ -136,7 +116,7 @@ QMatrix Page::Private::rotationMatrix() const
 /** class Page **/
 
 Page::Page( uint page, double w, double h, Rotation o )
-    : QObject( 0 ), d( new Private( this, page, w, h, o ) ),
+    : QObject( 0 ), d( new PagePrivate( this, page, w, h, o ) ),
       m_textSelections( 0 )
 {
 }
diff --git a/core/page.h b/core/page.h
index 9ec04e11a..61c8e4980 100644
--- a/core/page.h
+++ b/core/page.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Okular {
 
 class Annotation;
 class FormField;
+class PagePrivate;
 class PageSize;
 class PageTransition;
 class SourceReference;
@@ -349,8 +350,8 @@ class OKULAR_EXPORT Page : public QObject
         void rotationFinished( int page );
 
     private:
-        class Private;
-        Private* const d;
+        PagePrivate* const d;
+        friend class PagePrivate;
 
         /**
          * To improve performance PagePainter accesses the following
diff --git a/core/page_p.h b/core/page_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e768ebbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/page_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2004 by Enrico Ros <eros.kde@email.it>                  *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2007 by Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>                     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _OKULAR_PAGE_PRIVATE_H_
+#define _OKULAR_PAGE_PRIVATE_H_
+
+// qt/kde includes
+#include <qlinkedlist.h>
+#include <qmatrix.h>
+#include <qstring.h>
+
+// local includes
+#include "global.h"
+
+namespace Okular {
+
+class FormField;
+class Link;
+class Page;
+class PageTransition;
+class TextPage;
+
+class PagePrivate
+{
+    public:
+        PagePrivate( Page *page, uint n, double w, double h, Rotation o );
+        ~PagePrivate();
+
+        void imageRotationDone();
+        QMatrix rotationMatrix() const;
+
+        Page *m_page;
+        int m_number;
+        Rotation m_orientation;
+        double m_width, m_height;
+        Rotation m_rotation;
+        int m_maxuniqueNum;
+
+        TextPage * m_text;
+        PageTransition * m_transition;
+        QLinkedList< FormField * > formfields;
+        Link * m_openingAction;
+        Link * m_closingAction;
+        double m_duration;
+        QString m_label;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif