diff --git a/include/headergenerator.h b/include/headergenerator.h
index a51730c..716c233 100644
--- a/include/headergenerator.h
+++ b/include/headergenerator.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 class HeaderGenerator {
 public:
+    bool CreateForwardDeclHeader(char *p_outputDir);
     bool GenerateHeader(char *p_interleafName, std::map<size_t, std::string> *p_actionMap, char *p_outputDir);
+    std::ofstream m_declFout;
 
 private:
     bool CreateHeader(char *p_interleafName, char *p_outputDir);
diff --git a/src/headergenerator.cpp b/src/headergenerator.cpp
index d238d9f..3508d71 100644
--- a/src/headergenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/headergenerator.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,21 @@ const char *g_enumEntryPrefix = "c_";
 // notice to not edit autogenerated headers
 const char *g_doNotEditNotice = "// This file was automatically generated by the actionheadergen tool.\n// Please do not manually edit this file.\n";
 
+bool HeaderGenerator::CreateForwardDeclHeader(char *p_outputDir)
+{
+    // attempt to create special forward decl header
+    if (!CreateHeader("", p_outputDir)) {
+        printf("Failed to create forward declaration header, check file permissions?\n");
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool HeaderGenerator::GenerateHeader(char *p_interleafName, std::map<size_t, std::string> *p_actionMap, char *p_outputDir)
 {
     // attempt to create header file
     if (!CreateHeader(p_interleafName, p_outputDir)) {
-        printf("Failed to create header, check file permissions?\n");
+        printf("Failed to create Interleaf header, check file permissions?\n");
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -38,35 +48,55 @@ bool HeaderGenerator::CreateHeader(char *p_interleafName, char *p_outputDir)
 {
     char headerName[1024];
     char outputPath[2048];
+    bool decl = false;
 
-    strcpy(m_normalizedInlfName, p_interleafName);
+    if (strcmp(p_interleafName, "") != 0) {
+        strcpy(m_normalizedInlfName, p_interleafName);
 
-    // format Interleaf name to mostly lowercase, 
-    // to make acceptable by decomp styling guidelines
-    for (int i = 1; i < strlen(p_interleafName); i++) {
-        m_normalizedInlfName[i] = tolower(m_normalizedInlfName[i]);
+        // format Interleaf name to mostly lowercase, 
+        // to make acceptable by decomp styling guidelines
+        for (int i = 1; i < strlen(p_interleafName); i++) {
+            m_normalizedInlfName[i] = tolower(m_normalizedInlfName[i]);
+        }
+
+        // set the header name to the Interleaf name 
+        strcpy(headerName, m_normalizedInlfName);
+
+        // set first character to lowercase, which 
+        // was skipped by the previous operation
+        headerName[0] = tolower(headerName[0]);
+
+        // append the generic extension
+        strcat(headerName, g_headerExt);
+    }
+    else {
+        decl = true;
+        strcpy(headerName, "actionsfwd.h");
     }
-
-    // set the header name to the Interleaf name 
-    strcpy(headerName, m_normalizedInlfName);
-
-    // set first character to lowercase, which 
-    // was skipped by the previous operation
-    headerName[0] = tolower(headerName[0]);
-
-    // append the generic extension
-    strcat(headerName, g_headerExt);
 
     // generate the full path of the output file
     strcpy(outputPath, p_outputDir);
     strcat(outputPath, "/");
     strcat(outputPath, headerName);
 
-    m_fout.open(outputPath);
+    if (!decl) {
+        m_fout.open(outputPath);
 
-    // make sure we can actually create this file
-    if (!m_fout.is_open()) {
-        return false;
+        // make sure we can actually create this file
+        if (!m_fout.is_open()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        m_declFout.open(outputPath);
+
+        // make sure we can actually create this file
+        if (!m_declFout.is_open()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        
+        m_declFout << g_doNotEditNotice;
+        m_declFout << "#ifndef ACTIONSFWD_H\n#define ACTIONSFWD_H\n\n";
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -96,12 +126,15 @@ bool HeaderGenerator::WriteHeader(char *p_interleafName, std::map<size_t, std::s
 
     // we need to scope this enum to avoid conflicts
     m_fout << "namespace " << m_normalizedInlfName << "Script\n{\n";
+    m_declFout << "namespace " << m_normalizedInlfName << "Script\n{\n";
 
     // add ifdefs for conditional compilation (decomp requirement)
     m_fout << "#ifdef COMPAT_MODE\nenum Script : int {\n#else\n";
+    m_declFout << "#ifdef COMPAT_MODE\nenum Script : int;\n#else\n";
 
     // declare enum
     m_fout << "enum Script {\n#endif\n";
+    m_declFout << "enum Script;\n#endif\n";
 
     // add generic "none" state to the enum
     m_fout << "\tc_none" << m_normalizedInlfName << " = -1,\n\n";
@@ -121,7 +154,8 @@ bool HeaderGenerator::WriteHeader(char *p_interleafName, std::map<size_t, std::s
         if (i == 2000) {
             // some compilers don't accept extremely large enums, 
             // so we split them up here in case of 2000+ entries
-            m_fout << "};\n\n#ifdef COMPAT_MODE\nenum Script2 : int {\n#else\nenum Script2 {\n#endif\n"; 
+            m_fout << "};\n\n#ifdef COMPAT_MODE\nenum Script2 : int {\n#else\nenum Script2 {\n#endif\n";
+            m_declFout << "\n#ifdef COMPAT_MODE\nenum Script2 : int;\n#else\nenum Script2;\n#endif\n"; 
         }
 
         // actually write the enum entry
@@ -137,6 +171,7 @@ bool HeaderGenerator::WriteHeader(char *p_interleafName, std::map<size_t, std::s
 
     // all done with actions, so lets close the enum and namespace
     m_fout << "};\n} // namespace " << m_normalizedInlfName << "Script\n\n";
+    m_declFout << "} // namespace " << m_normalizedInlfName << "\n\n";
 
     // finally, close the include guard
     m_fout << "#endif // " << guardName << "\n";
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 1481a56..0e804b9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     else interleafFiles.push_back(filePath); // we were provided a single file, but we'll still use the vector
 
+    // generate special forward declaration header
+    HeaderGenerator hgenerator;
+
+    if (!hgenerator.CreateForwardDeclHeader(outputDir)) {
+        return 1;  
+    }
+
     // iterate through every Interleaf in the vector and perform our operations
     for (int i = 0; i < interleafFiles.size(); i++) {
 
@@ -116,8 +123,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             filename = filename + 1;
         }
 
-        HeaderGenerator hgenerator;
-
         // generate the actual header
         // we use the Interleaf name for the filename
         // and the vector previously generated to make the enum data
@@ -134,6 +139,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
         printf("Successfully generated header for %s\n", filename);
     }
+    
+    hgenerator.m_declFout << "#endif // ACTIONSFWD_H";
+    hgenerator.m_declFout.close();
 
     printf("Finished!\n");
     return 0;