diff --git a/src/libs/utils/optional.h b/src/libs/utils/optional.h
index 1960297de43..be07015d3d5 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/optional.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/optional.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace Utils {
 using std::experimental::optional;
 // --> Utils::nullopt
 using std::experimental::nullopt;
+// --> Utils::inplace
+using std::experimental::in_place;
 
 // TODO: make_optional is a copy, since there is no sensible way to import functions in C++
 template <class T>