diff --git a/src/mbgl/util/vec.cpp b/src/mbgl/util/vec.cpp
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+#include <mbgl/util/vec.hpp>
+
+namespace mbgl {
+
+template struct vec2<double>;
+template struct vec2<float>;
+
+template struct vec3<double>;
+template struct vec4<double>;
+
+} // namespace mbgl