diff --git a/src/ox/std/string.cpp b/src/ox/std/string.cpp
index 4e1685db6..df0bcd1eb 100644
--- a/src/ox/std/string.cpp
+++ b/src/ox/std/string.cpp
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@
 #include "string.hpp"
 
 namespace ox {
+
+template class BasicString<0>;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/ox/std/string.hpp b/src/ox/std/string.hpp
index 00d1acf89..49ec02a4b 100644
--- a/src/ox/std/string.hpp
+++ b/src/ox/std/string.hpp
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ constexpr std::size_t BasicString<SmallStringSize>::len() const noexcept {
 	return length;
 }
 
+extern template class BasicString<0>;
+
 using String = BasicString<0>;
 
 }