diff --git a/include/xtensor-python/pyarray.hpp b/include/xtensor-python/pyarray.hpp
index 19a10ca..9422ea8 100644
--- a/include/xtensor-python/pyarray.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor-python/pyarray.hpp
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ namespace xt
     template <class S>
     inline pyarray<T, L> pyarray<T, L>::from_shape(S&& shape)
     {
-        auto shp = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type>(shape);
+        auto shp = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type, S>(shape);
         return self_type(shp);
     }
     //@}
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ namespace xt
         : base_type()
     {
         // TODO: prevent intermediary shape allocation
-        shape_type shape = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type>(e.derived_cast().shape());
+        shape_type shape = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type, decltype(e.derived_cast().shape())>(e.derived_cast().shape());
         strides_type strides = xtl::make_sequence<strides_type>(shape.size(), size_type(0));
         compute_strides(shape, layout_type::row_major, strides);
         init_array(shape, strides);
diff --git a/include/xtensor-python/pycontainer.hpp b/include/xtensor-python/pycontainer.hpp
index 4508c5c..08a7ce7 100644
--- a/include/xtensor-python/pycontainer.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor-python/pycontainer.hpp
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ namespace xt
     inline void pycontainer<D>::resize(const S& shape, const strides_type& strides)
     {
         detail::check_dims<shape_type>::run(shape.size());
-        derived_type tmp(xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type>(shape), strides);
+        derived_type tmp(xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type, decltype(shape)>(shape), strides);
         *static_cast<derived_type*>(this) = std::move(tmp);
     }
 
diff --git a/include/xtensor-python/pytensor.hpp b/include/xtensor-python/pytensor.hpp
index f579b00..13a2f1e 100644
--- a/include/xtensor-python/pytensor.hpp
+++ b/include/xtensor-python/pytensor.hpp
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ namespace xt
     inline pytensor<T, N, L> pytensor<T, N, L>::from_shape(S&& shape)
     {
         detail::check_dims<shape_type>::run(shape.size());
-        auto shp = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type>(shape);
+        auto shp = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type, S>(shape);
         return self_type(shp);
     }
     //@}
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ namespace xt
     inline pytensor<T, N, L>::pytensor(const xexpression<E>& e)
         : base_type()
     {
-        shape_type shape = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type>(e.derived_cast().shape());
+        shape_type shape = xtl::forward_sequence<shape_type, decltype(e.derived_cast().shape())>(e.derived_cast().shape());
         strides_type strides = xtl::make_sequence<strides_type>(N, size_type(0));
         compute_strides(shape, layout_type::row_major, strides);
         init_tensor(shape, strides);