diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlStream.cc b/src/tl/tl/tlStream.cc
index 4ffc2d43e..751c4841d 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlStream.cc
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlStream.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "tlException.h"
 #include "tlString.h"
 #include "tlUri.h"
+#include "tlHttpStream.h"
 
 #if defined(HAVE_QT)
 #  include <QByteArray>
@@ -259,6 +260,10 @@ inflating_input_stream<Base>::auto_detect_gz ()
   return true;
 }
 
+//  explicit instantiations
+template class inflating_input_stream<tl::InputPipe>;
+template class inflating_input_stream<tl::InputHttpStream>;
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 //  InputStream implementation
 
diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlStream.h b/src/tl/tl/tlStream.h
index 4e7cfdcf6..c738c84ff 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlStream.h
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlStream.h
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ private:
  *  @brief A wrapper that adds generic .gz support
  */
 template <class Base>
-class TL_PUBLIC_TEMPLATE inflating_input_stream
+class TL_PUBLIC inflating_input_stream
   : public InputStreamBase
 {
 public: