diff --git a/src/session/session.c b/src/session/session.c
index ed36f173..7180ea2f 100644
--- a/src/session/session.c
+++ b/src/session/session.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct session_info {
 
 INIT_LIST_OF(struct session, sessions);
 
-enum remote_session_flags remote_session_flags;
+remote_session_flags_T remote_session_flags;
 
 
 static struct file_to_load *request_additional_file(struct session *,
@@ -1096,10 +1096,10 @@ init_session(struct session *base_session, struct terminal *term,
 }
 
 static void
-init_remote_session(struct session *ses, enum remote_session_flags *remote_ptr,
+init_remote_session(struct session *ses, remote_session_flags_T *remote_ptr,
 		    struct uri *uri)
 {
-	enum remote_session_flags remote = *remote_ptr;
+	remote_session_flags_T remote = *remote_ptr;
 
 	if (remote & SES_REMOTE_CURRENT_TAB) {
 		goto_uri(ses, uri);
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ decode_session_info(struct terminal *term, struct terminal_info *info)
 {
 	int len = info->length;
 	struct session *base_session = NULL;
-	enum remote_session_flags remote = 0;
+	remote_session_flags_T remote = 0;
 	char *str;
 
 	switch (info->magic) {
diff --git a/src/session/session.h b/src/session/session.h
index 3def0f40..2039be4b 100644
--- a/src/session/session.h
+++ b/src/session/session.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ enum remote_session_flags {
 	SES_REMOTE_SEARCH = 256,
 };
 
+typedef unsigned int remote_session_flags_T;
+
 /** This is generic frame descriptor, meaningful mainly for ses_*_frame*(). */
 struct frame {
 	LIST_HEAD(struct frame);
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ struct session {
 };
 
 extern LIST_OF(struct session) sessions;
-extern enum remote_session_flags remote_session_flags;
+extern remote_session_flags_T remote_session_flags;
 
 /** This returns a pointer to the current location inside of the given session.
  * That's nice for encapsulation and already paid out once ;-). */