diff --git a/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h b/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h
index 9b699fee1c7..0f3a71426ea 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h
@@ -849,4 +849,16 @@ OutputContainer setUnionMerge(InputContainer1 &&input1,
                                           merge,
                                           std::less<std::decay_t<decltype(*std::begin(input1))>>{});
 }
+
+template<typename Container>
+std::make_unsigned_t<typename Container::size_type> usize(Container container)
+{
+    return static_cast<std::make_unsigned_t<typename Container::size_type>>(container.size());
+}
+
+template<typename Container>
+std::make_signed_t<typename Container::size_type> ssize(Container container)
+{
+    return static_cast<std::make_signed_t<typename Container::size_type>>(container.size());
+}
 } // namespace Utils