diff --git a/std/algorithm/package.d b/std/algorithm/package.d
index 8169e65d0..d7aeb7838 100644
--- a/std/algorithm/package.d
+++ b/std/algorithm/package.d
@@ -183,3 +183,5 @@ public import std.algorithm.setops;
 public import std.algorithm.searching;
 public import std.algorithm.sorting;
 
+private import std.functional;
+alias forward = std.functional.forward;