diff --git a/include/mgba/internal/gba/hardware.h b/include/mgba/internal/gba/hardware.h
index 540a9fdf4..fab175538 100644
--- a/include/mgba/internal/gba/hardware.h
+++ b/include/mgba/internal/gba/hardware.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ DECL_BITS(RTCCommandData, Magic, 0, 4);
 DECL_BITS(RTCCommandData, Command, 4, 3);
 DECL_BIT(RTCCommandData, Reading, 7);
 
+#ifndef PYCPARSE
 #pragma pack(push, 1)
 struct GBARTC {
 	int32_t bytesRemaining;
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ struct GBARTC {
 	uint8_t time[7];
 };
 #pragma pack(pop)
+#else
+struct GBATRC;
+#endif
 
 struct GBAGBPKeyCallback {
 	struct mKeyCallback d;
diff --git a/src/platform/python/_builder.py b/src/platform/python/_builder.py
index 43bcddc19..6b76ee698 100644
--- a/src/platform/python/_builder.py
+++ b/src/platform/python/_builder.py
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ for line in preprocessed.splitlines():
     lines.append(line)
 ffi.cdef('\n'.join(lines))
 
+ffi.cdef("""
+struct GBARTC {
+    int32_t bytesRemaining;
+    int32_t transferStep;
+    int32_t bitsRead;
+    int32_t bits;
+    int32_t commandActive;
+    RTCCommandData command;
+    RTCControl control;
+    uint8_t time[7];
+};""", packed=True)
+
 preprocessed = subprocess.check_output(cpp + ["-fno-inline", "-P"] + cppflags + [os.path.join(pydir, "lib.h")], universal_newlines=True)
 
 lines = []
diff --git a/src/platform/python/setup.py b/src/platform/python/setup.py
index e610f551f..c9030313c 100644
--- a/src/platform/python/setup.py
+++ b/src/platform/python/setup.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ setup(
     author_email="jeffrey@endrift.com",
     url="http://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/",
     packages=["mgba"],
-    setup_requires=['cffi>=1.6,!=1.12.3', 'pytest-runner'],
-    install_requires=['cffi>=1.6,!=1.12.3', 'cached-property'],
+    setup_requires=['cffi>=1.6', 'pytest-runner'],
+    install_requires=['cffi>=1.6', 'cached-property'],
     extras_require={'pil': ['Pillow>=2.3'], 'cinema': ['pyyaml', 'pytest']},
     tests_require=['pytest'],
     cffi_modules=["_builder.py:ffi"],