diff --git a/swig/perl/Handler/PerlEntityResolverHandler.hpp b/swig/perl/Handler/PerlEntityResolverHandler.hpp
index 181fe89b45a4812dcb46bb9b55b74ab2fd3b3a14..2319e7098f6d5a98b6b5c33e991540cebdbee3d2 100644
--- a/swig/perl/Handler/PerlEntityResolverHandler.hpp
+++ b/swig/perl/Handler/PerlEntityResolverHandler.hpp
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #include "xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp"
 #include "xercesc/util/XMLEntityResolver.hpp"
 
-class XMLResourceIdentifier;
-
 XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+class XMLResourceIdentifier;
 
 class PerlEntityResolverHandler: public EntityResolver
 			       , public XMLEntityResolver