diff --git a/source/postprocess/visualization.cc b/source/postprocess/visualization.cc
index 761b50502d2..fc8f5d8cedd 100644
--- a/source/postprocess/visualization.cc
+++ b/source/postprocess/visualization.cc
@@ -1403,7 +1403,8 @@ namespace aspect
     namespace VisualizationPostprocessors
     {
 #define INSTANTIATE(dim) \
-  template class Interface<dim>;
+  template class Interface<dim>; \
+  template class CellDataVectorCreator<dim>;
 
       ASPECT_INSTANTIATE(INSTANTIATE)