diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 8b7678adf..2c87571ac 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
  * \return size of array
  * */
 template<typename T, int size>
-constexpr size_t GetArrayLength(const T(&)[size])
+std::size_t GetArrayLength(const T(&)[size])
 {
     return size;
 }