diff --git a/faiss/python/swigfaiss.swig b/faiss/python/swigfaiss.swig
index 43c8d6c422..752b64b55b 100644
--- a/faiss/python/swigfaiss.swig
+++ b/faiss/python/swigfaiss.swig
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ void gpu_sync_all_devices()
 %include  <faiss/gpu-rocm/GpuResources.h>
 %include  <faiss/gpu-rocm/StandardGpuResources.h>
 
+typedef ihipStream_t* hipStream_t;
+
 %inline %{
 
 // interop between pytorch exposed hipStream_t and faiss