diff --git a/libretroshare/src/libretroshare.pro b/libretroshare/src/libretroshare.pro
index a923475d5..54a4989ec 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/libretroshare.pro
+++ b/libretroshare/src/libretroshare.pro
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ HEADERS +=	util/folderiterator.h \
 			util/rstime.h \
             util/stacktrace.h \
             util/rsdeprecate.h \
-            util/cxx11retrocompat.h \
+    util/cxx11retrocompat.h \
+    util/cxx14retrocompat.h \
     util/cxx17retrocompat.h \
             util/rsurl.h \
     util/rserrno.h
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstypeserializer.h b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstypeserializer.h
index 52bf255c7..1290ec392 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstypeserializer.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/serialiser/rstypeserializer.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include "serialiser/rsserializable.h"
 #include "util/rsjson.h"
 #include "util/rsdebug.h"
+#include "util/cxx14retrocompat.h"
+
 
 struct RsTypeSerializer
 {
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/cxx14retrocompat.h b/libretroshare/src/util/cxx14retrocompat.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7e7d9e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/cxx14retrocompat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *                                                                             *
+ * libretroshare < C++14 retro-compatibility helpers                           *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020  Gioacchino Mazzurco <gio@eigenlab.org>                  *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020  Asociación Civil Altermundi <info@altermundi.net>       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        *
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as              *
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the          *
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.                             *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the                *
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.                         *
+ *                                                                             *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License    *
+ * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       *
+ *                                                                             *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+#pragma once
+
+#if __cplusplus < 201402L
+
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace std
+{
+template<class T> using decay_t = typename decay<T>::type;
+
+template<bool B, class T = void>
+using enable_if_t = typename enable_if<B,T>::type;
+
+template<class T>
+using remove_const_t = typename remove_const<T>::type;
+}
+#endif // __cplusplus < 201402L