diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a79cbe0a..00e35fece 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "block2",
  "dispatch",
  "objc2",
+ "objc2-helpers",
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
@@ -319,6 +320,14 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "objc2-encode"
 version = "4.0.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-helpers"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "block2",
+ "objc2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc2-proc-macros"
 version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/crates/icrate/Cargo.toml b/crates/icrate/Cargo.toml
index 21743bb16..9a21ff486 100644
--- a/crates/icrate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/icrate/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 objc2 = { path = "../objc2", version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 block2 = { path = "../block2", version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+objc2-helpers = { path = "../objc2-helpers" }
 dispatch = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -90,23 +91,29 @@ required-features = [
 default = ["std", "apple"]
 
 # Currently not possible to turn off, put here for forwards compatibility.
-std = ["alloc", "objc2?/std", "block2?/std"]
-alloc = ["objc2?/alloc", "block2?/alloc"]
+std = ["alloc", "objc2?/std", "block2?/std", "objc2-helpers/std"]
+alloc = ["objc2?/alloc", "block2?/alloc", "objc2-helpers/alloc"]
 
 # Runtime selection. See `objc-sys` for details.
-apple = ["objc2?/apple", "block2?/apple"]
-gnustep-1-7 = ["objc2?/gnustep-1-7", "block2?/gnustep-1-7"]
-gnustep-1-8 = ["gnustep-1-7", "objc2?/gnustep-1-8", "block2?/gnustep-1-8"]
-gnustep-1-9 = ["gnustep-1-8", "objc2?/gnustep-1-9", "block2?/gnustep-1-9"]
-gnustep-2-0 = ["gnustep-1-9", "objc2?/gnustep-2-0", "block2?/gnustep-2-0"]
-gnustep-2-1 = ["gnustep-2-0", "objc2?/gnustep-2-1", "block2?/gnustep-2-1"]
+apple = ["objc2?/apple", "block2?/apple", "objc2-helpers/apple"]
+gnustep-1-7 = ["objc2?/gnustep-1-7", "block2?/gnustep-1-7", "objc2-helpers/gnustep-1-7"]
+gnustep-1-8 = ["gnustep-1-7", "objc2?/gnustep-1-8", "block2?/gnustep-1-8", "objc2-helpers/gnustep-1-8"]
+gnustep-1-9 = ["gnustep-1-8", "objc2?/gnustep-1-9", "block2?/gnustep-1-9", "objc2-helpers/gnustep-1-9"]
+gnustep-2-0 = ["gnustep-1-9", "objc2?/gnustep-2-0", "block2?/gnustep-2-0", "objc2-helpers/gnustep-2-0"]
+gnustep-2-1 = ["gnustep-2-0", "objc2?/gnustep-2-1", "block2?/gnustep-2-1", "objc2-helpers/gnustep-2-1"]
+
+objc2 = ["dep:objc2", "objc2-helpers/objc2"]
 
 # Deprecated.
 objective-c = ["objc2"]
 
+block2 = ["dep:block2", "objc2-helpers/block2"]
+
 # Deprecated.
 block = ["block2"]
 
+dispatch = ["dep:dispatch"]
+
 # For better documentation on docs.rs
 unstable-docsrs = []
 
diff --git a/crates/icrate/src/lib.rs b/crates/icrate/src/lib.rs
index e091c6604..8d6143db7 100644
--- a/crates/icrate/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/icrate/src/lib.rs
@@ -139,10 +139,12 @@ pub extern crate objc2;
 pub extern crate block2;
 
 mod additions;
-mod common;
 #[allow(unreachable_pub)]
 mod generated;
 
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+pub(crate) use objc2_helpers as common;
+
 /// Deprecated alias of [`Foundation::ns_string`].
 #[macro_export]
 #[deprecated = "use icrate::Foundation::ns_string instead"]
diff --git a/crates/objc2-helpers/Cargo.toml b/crates/objc2-helpers/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..952b07a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/objc2-helpers/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[package]
+name = "objc2-helpers"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.60"
+publish = false # Need to get rid of this crate before next release
+
+[dependencies]
+objc2 = { path = "../objc2", version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+block2 = { path = "../block2", version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+
+[features]
+default = ["std"]
+
+# Currently not possible to turn off, put here for forwards compatibility.
+std = ["alloc", "objc2?/std", "block2?/std"]
+alloc = ["objc2?/alloc", "block2?/alloc"]
+
+# Runtime selection. See `objc-sys` for details.
+apple = ["objc2?/apple", "block2?/apple"]
+gnustep-1-7 = ["objc2?/gnustep-1-7", "block2?/gnustep-1-7"]
+gnustep-1-8 = ["gnustep-1-7", "objc2?/gnustep-1-8", "block2?/gnustep-1-8"]
+gnustep-1-9 = ["gnustep-1-8", "objc2?/gnustep-1-9", "block2?/gnustep-1-9"]
+gnustep-2-0 = ["gnustep-1-9", "objc2?/gnustep-2-0", "block2?/gnustep-2-0"]
+gnustep-2-1 = ["gnustep-2-0", "objc2?/gnustep-2-1", "block2?/gnustep-2-1"]
+
+objc2 = ["dep:objc2"]
+block2 = ["dep:block2"]
diff --git a/crates/objc2-helpers/src/lib.rs b/crates/objc2-helpers/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ceff22eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/objc2-helpers/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+pub use core::ffi::c_void;
+pub use core::marker::PhantomData;
+pub use core::ptr::NonNull;
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+pub use std::os::raw::{
+    c_char, c_double, c_float, c_int, c_long, c_longlong, c_schar, c_short, c_uchar, c_uint,
+    c_ulong, c_ulonglong, c_ushort,
+};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::encode::{Encode, Encoding, RefEncode};
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::ffi::{NSInteger, NSIntegerMax, NSUInteger, NSUIntegerMax, IMP};
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::mutability::{
+    Immutable, ImmutableWithMutableSubclass, InteriorMutable, IsIdCloneable, IsMainThreadOnly,
+    MainThreadOnly, Mutable, MutableWithImmutableSuperclass,
+};
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::rc::{Allocated, DefaultId, Id};
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::runtime::{AnyClass, AnyObject, Bool, Sel};
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::runtime::{NSObject, NSObjectProtocol, ProtocolObject};
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub use objc2::{
+    __inner_extern_class, extern_category, extern_class, extern_methods, extern_protocol,
+    ClassType, Message, ProtocolType,
+};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "block2")]
+pub use block2::Block;
+
+// TODO
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub type AnyProtocol = AnyObject;
+pub type TodoFunction = *const c_void;
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub type TodoClass = AnyObject;
+#[cfg(feature = "objc2")]
+pub type TodoProtocols = AnyObject;