diff --git a/src/session/download.c b/src/session/download.c
index 5eab629a..d59d31ad 100644
--- a/src/session/download.c
+++ b/src/session/download.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ download_data(struct download *download, struct file_download *file_download)
  *
  * @relates lun_hop */
 typedef void lun_callback_T(struct terminal *term, char *file,
-			    void *data, enum download_flags flags);
+			    void *data, download_flags_T flags);
 
 /** The user is being asked what to do when the local file for
  * the download already exists.  This structure is allocated by
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ struct lun_hop {
 	 * @invariant The ::DOWNLOAD_RESUME_SELECTED bit should be
 	 * clear here because otherwise there would have been no
 	 * reason to ask the user and initialize this structure.  */
-	enum download_flags flags;
+	download_flags_T flags;
 };
 
 /** Data saved by common_download() for the common_download_do()
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ lun_resume(void *lun_hop_)
  * @relates lun_hop */
 static void
 lookup_unique_name(struct terminal *term, char *ofile,
-		   enum download_flags flags,
+		   download_flags_T flags,
 		   lun_callback_T *callback, void *data)
 {
 	/* [gettext_accelerator_context(.lookup_unique_name)] */
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ error:
  * @relates cdf_hop */
 static void
 create_download_file_do(struct terminal *term, char *file,
-			void *data, enum download_flags flags)
+			void *data, download_flags_T flags)
 {
 	struct cdf_hop *cdf_hop = (struct cdf_hop *)data;
 	char *wd;
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ finish:
 void
 create_download_file(struct terminal *term, char *fi,
 		     char **real_file,
-		     enum download_flags flags,
+		     download_flags_T flags,
 		     cdf_callback_T *callback, void *data)
 {
 	struct cdf_hop *cdf_hop = (struct cdf_hop *)mem_calloc(1, sizeof(*cdf_hop));
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ subst_file(char *prog, char *file, char *uri)
  * @relates cmdw_hop */
 static void
 common_download_do(struct terminal *term, int fd, void *data,
-		   enum download_flags flags)
+		   download_flags_T flags)
 {
 	struct file_download *file_download;
 	struct cmdw_hop *cmdw_hop = (struct cmdw_hop *)data;
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ finish:
  * @relates cmdw_hop */
 static void
 common_download(struct session *ses, char *file,
-		enum download_flags flags)
+		download_flags_T flags)
 {
 	struct cmdw_hop *cmdw_hop;
 
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ resume_download(void *ses, char *file)
 static void
 transform_codw_to_cmdw(struct terminal *term, int fd,
 		       struct codw_hop *codw_hop,
-		       enum download_flags flags)
+		       download_flags_T flags)
 {
 	struct type_query *type_query = codw_hop->type_query;
 	struct cmdw_hop *cmdw_hop = (struct cmdw_hop *)mem_calloc(1, sizeof(*cmdw_hop));
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ transform_codw_to_cmdw(struct terminal *term, int fd,
  * @relates codw_hop */
 static void
 continue_download_do(struct terminal *term, int fd, void *data,
-		     enum download_flags flags)
+		     download_flags_T flags)
 {
 	struct codw_hop *codw_hop = (struct codw_hop *)data;
 	struct file_download *file_download = NULL;
diff --git a/src/session/download.h b/src/session/download.h
index 0db9090a..d3460019 100644
--- a/src/session/download.h
+++ b/src/session/download.h
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ enum download_flags {
 	DOWNLOAD_OVERWRITE = 8
 };
 
+typedef unsigned char download_flags_T;
+
 struct download {
 	/* XXX: order matters there, there's some hard initialization in
 	 * src/session/session.c and src/viewer/text/view.c */
@@ -210,12 +212,12 @@ int are_there_downloads(void);
  *
  * @relates cdf_hop */
 typedef void cdf_callback_T(struct terminal *term, int fd,
-			    void *data, enum download_flags flags);
+			    void *data, download_flags_T flags);
 
 void start_download(void *, char *);
 void resume_download(void *, char *);
 void create_download_file(struct terminal *, char *, char **,
-			  enum download_flags, cdf_callback_T *, void *);
+			  download_flags_T, cdf_callback_T *, void *);
 
 void abort_all_downloads(void);
 void destroy_downloads(struct session *);
diff --git a/src/viewer/text/view.c b/src/viewer/text/view.c
index 9db21d9e..6f65b3e1 100644
--- a/src/viewer/text/view.c
+++ b/src/viewer/text/view.c
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ save_as(struct session *ses, struct document_view *doc_view, int magic)
  * create_download_finish().  */
 static void
 save_formatted_finish(struct terminal *term, int h,
-		      void *data, enum download_flags flags)
+		      void *data, download_flags_T flags)
 {
 	struct document *document = (struct document *)data;