diff --git a/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh b/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
index 4a159495fc..8d17e89902 100644
--- a/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
+++ b/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ to_c(bool x)
    return x ? EINA_TRUE : EINA_FALSE;
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+T to_c(T const& v)
+{
+   return v;
+}
+    
 //// From C to C++
 
 template <typename T>