diff --git a/msgspec/__init__.py b/msgspec/__init__.py
index 421e4311..95079e7d 100644
--- a/msgspec/__init__.py
+++ b/msgspec/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     MsgspecError,
     Raw,
     Struct,
+    StructMeta,
     UnsetType,
     UNSET,
     NODEFAULT,
diff --git a/msgspec/__init__.pyi b/msgspec/__init__.pyi
index 4d2d8744..ec3f121c 100644
--- a/msgspec/__init__.pyi
+++ b/msgspec/__init__.pyi
@@ -73,6 +73,43 @@ class Struct:
         self,
     ) -> Iterable[Union[Any, Tuple[Any], Tuple[str, Any], Tuple[str, Any, Any]]]: ...
 
+class StructMeta(type):
+    __struct_fields__: ClassVar[Tuple[str, ...]]
+    __struct_defaults__: ClassVar[Tuple[Any, ...]]
+    __struct_encode_fields__: ClassVar[Tuple[str, ...]]
+    __match_args__: ClassVar[Tuple[str, ...]]
+    @property
+    def __signature__(self) -> inspect.Signature: ...
+    @property
+    def __struct_config__(self) -> structs.StructConfig: ...
+    def __new__(
+        cls,
+        name: str,
+        bases: Tuple[type, ...],
+        namespace: Dict[str, Any],
+        *,
+        tag_field: Optional[str] = None,
+        tag: Union[None, bool, str, int, Callable[[str], Union[str, int]]] = None,
+        rename: Union[
+            None,
+            Literal["lower", "upper", "camel", "pascal", "kebab"],
+            Callable[[str], Optional[str]],
+            Mapping[str, str],
+        ] = None,
+        omit_defaults: bool = False,
+        forbid_unknown_fields: bool = False,
+        frozen: bool = False,
+        eq: bool = True,
+        order: bool = False,
+        kw_only: bool = False,
+        repr_omit_defaults: bool = False,
+        array_like: bool = False,
+        gc: bool = True,
+        weakref: bool = False,
+        dict: bool = False,
+        cache_hash: bool = False,
+    ) -> StructMeta: ...
+
 def defstruct(
     name: str,
     fields: Iterable[Union[str, Tuple[str, type], Tuple[str, type, Any]]],
diff --git a/msgspec/_core.c b/msgspec/_core.c
index 147ad95a..cddd83e6 100644
--- a/msgspec/_core.c
+++ b/msgspec/_core.c
@@ -7146,7 +7146,7 @@ static PyTypeObject StructMetaType = {
     .tp_name = "msgspec._core.StructMeta",
     .tp_basicsize = sizeof(StructMetaObject),
     .tp_itemsize = 0,
-    .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC | _Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL,
+    .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_TYPE_SUBCLASS | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC | _Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL,
     .tp_new = StructMeta_new,
     .tp_dealloc = (destructor) StructMeta_dealloc,
     .tp_clear = (inquiry) StructMeta_clear,
@@ -22049,6 +22049,9 @@ PyInit__core(void)
     Py_INCREF(&StructConfig_Type);
     if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "StructConfig", (PyObject *)&StructConfig_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(&StructMetaType);
+    if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "StructMeta", (PyObject *)&StructMetaType) < 0)
+        return NULL;
     Py_INCREF(&Ext_Type);
     if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "Ext", (PyObject *)&Ext_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;