diff --git a/opm/core/utility/UniformTableLinear.hpp b/opm/core/utility/UniformTableLinear.hpp
index 058c5f68..11c2d4ca 100644
--- a/opm/core/utility/UniformTableLinear.hpp
+++ b/opm/core/utility/UniformTableLinear.hpp
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ namespace Opm {
             return os;
         }
 
+    namespace utils
+    {
+        using Opm::UniformTableLinear;
+    }
+
+
 } // namespace Opm
 
 #endif // OPM_UNIFORMTABLELINEAR_HEADER_INCLUDED