diff --git a/simgear/props/props.hxx b/simgear/props/props.hxx
index 18512f18..c94186cb 100644
--- a/simgear/props/props.hxx
+++ b/simgear/props/props.hxx
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ typedef SGSharedPtr<const SGPropertyNode> SGConstPropertyNode_ptr;
 
 namespace simgear
 {
-typedef std::vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr> PropertyList;
+    using PropertyList = std::vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr>;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/simgear/props/propsfwd.hxx b/simgear/props/propsfwd.hxx
index 87998b59..d62e19a7 100644
--- a/simgear/props/propsfwd.hxx
+++ b/simgear/props/propsfwd.hxx
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2018  James Turner - <james@flightgear>
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2 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
+// Library General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+//
+
 /** \file
  *
  * Forward declarations for properties (and related structures)
@@ -7,12 +24,18 @@
 #define SG_PROPS_FWD_HXX
 
 #include <simgear/structure/SGSharedPtr.hxx>
+#include <vector>
 
 class SGPropertyNode;
 
 typedef SGSharedPtr<SGPropertyNode> SGPropertyNode_ptr;
 typedef SGSharedPtr<const SGPropertyNode> SGConstPropertyNode_ptr;
 
+namespace simgear
+{
+    using PropertyList = std::vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr>;
+}
+
 class SGCondition; 
 
 #endif // of SG_PROPS_FWD_HXX