diff --git a/include/sdbusplus/async/match.hpp b/include/sdbusplus/async/match.hpp
index 3e1b434..cc87c0e 100644
--- a/include/sdbusplus/async/match.hpp
+++ b/include/sdbusplus/async/match.hpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
 }; // namespace match_ns
 
-auto match::next() noexcept
+inline auto match::next() noexcept
 {
     return match_ns::match_sender(*this);
 }