diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/iterator/distance.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/iterator/distance.hpp
index 897bd1de..44fc4292 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/iterator/distance.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/iterator/distance.hpp
@@ -61,9 +61,13 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion
     {
         template <typename First, typename Last>
         struct distance
-            : extension::distance_impl<typename detail::tag_of<First>::type>:: 
-                template apply<First, Last>
-        {};
+        : extension::distance_impl<typename detail::tag_of<First>::type>:: 
+        template apply<First, Last>
+        {
+            typedef typename extension::distance_impl<typename detail::tag_of<First>::type>:: 
+            template apply<First, Last>::type distance_application;
+            BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, value = distance_application::value);
+        };
     }
         
     template <typename First, typename Last>
diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/size.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/size.hpp
index c94f9ec0..74e3f53a 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/size.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/size.hpp
@@ -53,8 +53,13 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion
         template <typename Sequence>
         struct size
             : extension::size_impl<typename detail::tag_of<Sequence>::type>::
-                template apply<Sequence>
-        {};
+        template apply<Sequence>
+
+        {
+            typedef typename extension::size_impl<typename detail::tag_of<Sequence>::type>::
+            template apply<Sequence>::type size_application;
+            BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, value = size_application::value);
+        };
     }
 
     template <typename Sequence>
diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/sequence/view/zip_view/detail/size_impl.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/sequence/view/zip_view/detail/size_impl.hpp
index aeb6d5e3..70798d28 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/sequence/view/zip_view/detail/size_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/sequence/view/zip_view/detail/size_impl.hpp
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion {
         {
             template<typename Sequence>
             struct apply
-                : Sequence::size
-            {};
+            {
+                typedef typename Sequence::size type;
+            };
         };
     }
 }}