diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
   netbase.h \
   netmessagemaker.h \
   node/coin.h \
+  node/context.h \
   node/psbt.h \
   node/transaction.h \
   noui.h \
diff --git a/src/init.h b/src/init.h
--- a/src/init.h
+++ b/src/init.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_INIT_H
 #define BITCOIN_INIT_H
 
+#include <node/context.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 
 #include <memory>
@@ -18,17 +19,6 @@
 class HTTPRPCRequestProcessor;
 class RPCServer;
 
-namespace interfaces {
-class Chain;
-class ChainClient;
-} // namespace interfaces
-
-//! Pointers to interfaces used during init and destroyed on shutdown.
-struct NodeContext {
-    std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Chain> chain;
-    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<interfaces::ChainClient>> chain_clients;
-};
-
 namespace boost {
 class thread_group;
 } // namespace boost
diff --git a/src/node/context.h b/src/node/context.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/context.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_NODE_CONTEXT_H
+#define BITCOIN_NODE_CONTEXT_H
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace interfaces {
+class Chain;
+class ChainClient;
+} // namespace interfaces
+
+//! Pointers to interfaces used during init and destroyed on shutdown.
+struct NodeContext {
+    std::unique_ptr<interfaces::Chain> chain;
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<interfaces::ChainClient>> chain_clients;
+};
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_NODE_CONTEXT_H