diff --git a/plugins/input/topojson/build.py b/plugins/input/topojson/build.py
index e131e1087..4299b8933 100644
--- a/plugins/input/topojson/build.py
+++ b/plugins/input/topojson/build.py
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ plugin_sources = Split(
 libraries = []
 libraries.append(env['ICU_LIB_NAME'])
 libraries.append('boost_system%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
-#if env['THREADING'] == 'multi':
-#    libraries.append('boost_thread%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
+libraries.append('mapnik_topojson_grammar')
 
 if env['PLUGIN_LINKING'] == 'shared':
     libraries.append(env['MAPNIK_NAME'])
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ if env['PLUGIN_LINKING'] == 'shared':
 
     # if the plugin links to libmapnik ensure it is built first
     Depends(TARGET, env.subst('../../../src/%s' % env['MAPNIK_LIB_NAME']))
+    Depends(TARGET, env.subst('../../../src/json/libmapnik_topojson_grammar${LIBSUFFIX}'))
 
     if 'uninstall' not in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
         env.Install(env['MAPNIK_INPUT_PLUGINS_DEST'], TARGET)
diff --git a/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp b/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
index 341390902..1109d4f9c 100644
--- a/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include <mapnik/value_types.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/box2d.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/json/topojson_grammar.hpp>
-#include <mapnik/json/topojson_grammar_impl.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/json/topojson_utils.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/util/variant.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/util/file_io.hpp>
diff --git a/src/json/mapnik_topojson_grammar.cpp b/src/json/mapnik_topojson_grammar.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f232abf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/json/mapnik_topojson_grammar.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * This file is part of Mapnik (c++ mapping toolkit)
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Artem Pavlenko, Jean-Francois Doyon
+ *
+ * This library 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 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <mapnik/feature.hpp>
+#include <mapnik/json/topojson_grammar_impl.hpp>
+#include <string>
+
+using iterator_type = std::string::const_iterator;
+template struct mapnik::topojson::topojson_grammar<iterator_type> ;