diff --git a/test/testdevice/src/TestDevice.h b/test/testdevice/src/TestDevice.h
index a597ad34b52bd90af258ceafd38b409367d17008..905e420f65366e3253fc9df9cd02ae9d87ade435 100644
--- a/test/testdevice/src/TestDevice.h
+++ b/test/testdevice/src/TestDevice.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 namespace TestDevice_ns
 {
 	/*----- PROTECTED REGION ID(TestDevice::Additional Class Declarations) ENABLED START -----*/
+    using namespace std;
 
 	//		Additional Class Declarations
 typedef struct {
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ enum { typeDouble, typeLong, typeBool, typeString, typeUchar};
 
 class TestDevice : public TANGO_BASE_CLASS
 {
-
 	friend class CmdClass;
 	/*----- PROTECTED REGION ID(TestDevice::Data Members) ENABLED START -----*/
 
diff --git a/test/testdevice/src/TestDeviceClass.h b/test/testdevice/src/TestDeviceClass.h
index 145ecd5c2435d40f02a7a7b3b92ef50688fd1cf1..7c9d5394605db7f1237c6af2a4db4a5acac157a8 100644
--- a/test/testdevice/src/TestDeviceClass.h
+++ b/test/testdevice/src/TestDeviceClass.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 namespace TestDevice_ns
 {
 	/*----- PROTECTED REGION ID(TestDevice::classes for dynamic creation) ENABLED START -----*/
-
+    using namespace std;
 	/*----- PROTECTED REGION END -----*/	//	TestDevice::classes for dynamic creation
 
 
diff --git a/test/testdevice/src/main.cpp b/test/testdevice/src/main.cpp
index cc365f33b6da0e95087b699726ca41868ba59e76..16ab44dbce054178690ba4e242bb6bf2f1649110 100644
--- a/test/testdevice/src/main.cpp
+++ b/test/testdevice/src/main.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
+    using namespace std;
 	Tango::Util *tg = NULL;
 	try
 	{