diff --git a/eglot.el b/eglot.el
index 1520d991..901bf30d 100644
--- a/eglot.el
+++ b/eglot.el
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ This can be useful when using docker to run a language server.")
     (2 . eglot-diagnostic-tag-deprecated-face)))
 
 (defconst eglot--{} (make-hash-table :size 1) "The empty JSON object.")
+(defvaralias 'eglot-{} 'eglot--{})
 
 (defun eglot--executable-find (command &optional remote)
   "Like Emacs 27's `executable-find', ignore REMOTE on Emacs 26."