diff --git a/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica.h b/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica.h
index 068d944293..3cf6f0e3a5 100644
--- a/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica.h
+++ b/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica.h
@@ -209,8 +209,17 @@ static void* mmc_mk_rcon(double d)
 #endif
     return MMC_TAGPTR(p);
 }
+static void* mmc_mk_modelica_array(base_array_t arr)
+{
+  base_array_t *cpy = mmc_alloc_words(sizeof(arr)/sizeof(void*) + 1);
+  memcpy(cpy, &arr, sizeof(base_array_t));
+  clone_base_array_spec(&arr, cpy);
+  /* Note: The data is hopefully not stack-allocated and can be passed this way */
+  return cpy;
+}
 #else
 void* mmc_mk_rcon(double d);
+void* mmc_mk_modelica_array(base_array_t);
 #endif
 
 #include "openmodelica.h"
diff --git a/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica_data.h b/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica_data.h
index 5ce6b4fb5f..865d0c2dec 100644
--- a/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica_data.h
+++ b/SimulationRuntime/c/meta/meta_modelica_data.h
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ typedef int mmc_switch_type;
 #define mmc_mk_integer mmc_mk_icon
 #define mmc_mk_boolean mmc_mk_bcon
 #define mmc_mk_real mmc_mk_rcon
-void* mmc_mk_modelica_array(base_array_t);
 
 void mmc_catch_dummy_fn();