diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 91fecb5..bdb8f67 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 stdplus_srcs = [
   'exception.cpp',
   'signal.cpp',
+  'zstring_view.cpp',
 ]
 
 if has_fd
diff --git a/src/zstring_view.cpp b/src/zstring_view.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3add60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zstring_view.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <stdplus/zstring_view.hpp>
+
+namespace stdplus
+{
+
+template class basic_zstring_view<char>;
+template class basic_zstring_view<char8_t>;
+template class basic_zstring_view<char16_t>;
+template class basic_zstring_view<char32_t>;
+template class basic_zstring_view<wchar_t>;
+
+} // namespace stdplus