diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.cpp
index d06ff9707e..e068727e6f 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 using namespace udt;
 
+static int packetMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<Packet*>("Packet*");
+
 int Packet::localHeaderSize(bool isPartOfMessage) {
     return sizeof(Packet::SequenceNumberAndBitField) +
             (isPartOfMessage ? sizeof(Packet::MessageNumberAndBitField) + sizeof(MessagePartNumber) : 0);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.h
index 24b9144672..02d2c3d9bd 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Packet.h
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ private:
     mutable PacketPosition _packetPosition { PacketPosition::ONLY };
     mutable MessagePartNumber _messagePartNumber { 0 };
 };
-    
+
 } // namespace udt
 
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(udt::Packet*);
+
 #endif // hifi_Packet_h
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.cpp
index 09d8628a1c..332603a8b9 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 using namespace udt;
 
+static int packetListMetaTypeId = qRegisterMetaType<PacketList*>("PacketList*");
+
 std::unique_ptr<PacketList> PacketList::create(PacketType packetType, QByteArray extendedHeader,
                                                bool isReliable, bool isOrdered) {
     auto packetList = std::unique_ptr<PacketList>(new PacketList(packetType, extendedHeader,
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.h b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.h
index 5337094d1f..a6bee9f5eb 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/PacketList.h
@@ -118,4 +118,6 @@ template<typename T> std::unique_ptr<T> PacketList::takeFront() {
     
 }
 
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(udt::PacketList*);
+
 #endif // hifi_PacketList_h
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
index bc34c6e294..6d4a834879 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
@@ -24,16 +24,10 @@
 
 using namespace udt;
 
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Packet*);
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(PacketList*);
-
 Socket::Socket(QObject* parent) :
     QObject(parent),
     _synTimer(new QTimer(this))
 {
-    qRegisterMetaType<Packet*>("Packet*");
-    qRegisterMetaType<PacketList*>("PacketList*");
-    
     connect(&_udpSocket, &QUdpSocket::readyRead, this, &Socket::readPendingDatagrams);
     
     // make sure our synchronization method is called every SYN interval