diff --git a/libs/temporal/debug.cc b/libs/temporal/debug.cc
index 121b1181ec..47138ccaf6 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/debug.cc
+++ b/libs/temporal/debug.cc
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ using namespace std;
 PBD::DebugBits PBD::DEBUG::TemporalMap = PBD::new_debug_bit ("TemporalMap");
 PBD::DebugBits PBD::DEBUG::TemporalDomainConvert = PBD::new_debug_bit ("TemporalDomainConvert");
 PBD::DebugBits PBD::DEBUG::SnapBBT = PBD::new_debug_bit ("SnapBBT");
+PBD::DebugBits PBD::DEBUG::Beats = PBD::new_debug_bit ("Beats");
 
diff --git a/libs/temporal/temporal/beats.h b/libs/temporal/temporal/beats.h
index 39a4868f58..c090c77de5 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/temporal/beats.h
+++ b/libs/temporal/temporal/beats.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ class DoubleableBeats : public Beats
 	double to_double() const { return (double)_beats + (_ticks / (double)PPQN); }
 };
 
+
 /*
   TIL, several horrible hours later, that sometimes the compiler looks in the
   namespace of a type (Temporal::Beats in this case) for an operator, and
@@ -316,12 +317,6 @@ std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& istream, Temporal::Beats& b);
 
 } // namespace Temporal
 
-namespace PBD {
-	namespace DEBUG {
-		LIBTEMPORAL_API extern uint64_t Beats;
-	}
-}
-
 namespace std {
 	template<>
 	struct numeric_limits<Temporal::Beats> {
@@ -337,12 +332,10 @@ namespace std {
 			return Temporal::Beats(std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max(), Temporal::Beats::PPQN-1);
 		}
 	};
+
 }
 
 namespace PBD {
-	namespace DEBUG {
-		LIBTEMPORAL_API extern uint64_t Beats;
-	}
 
 template<>
 inline bool to_string (Temporal::Beats val, std::string & str)
diff --git a/libs/temporal/temporal/debug.h b/libs/temporal/temporal/debug.h
index 8988fdee6f..3538b95d49 100644
--- a/libs/temporal/temporal/debug.h
+++ b/libs/temporal/temporal/debug.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace PBD {
 		LIBTEMPORAL_API extern DebugBits TemporalDomainConvert;
 		LIBTEMPORAL_API extern DebugBits TemporalMap;
 		LIBTEMPORAL_API extern DebugBits SnapBBT;
+		LIBTEMPORAL_API extern DebugBits Beats;
 	}
 }