diff --git a/include/dynamic-graph/signal-caster.h b/include/dynamic-graph/signal-caster.h
index 2c2f6990c61784b7a0a9f2fd006e98b33db8a4db..9d7037e7adb25ddd62ef2e7696b064ce5fd17483 100644
--- a/include/dynamic-graph/signal-caster.h
+++ b/include/dynamic-graph/signal-caster.h
@@ -65,12 +65,17 @@ private:
 extern SignalCaster g_caster;
 
 /*
- * The SignalCast registerer class. Can be used to automatically register a cast when instanced.
+ * The SignalCast registerer class. Can be used to automatically register a cast when
+ * instanced somewhere in a cpp file. Pass the typeid() of the type you want to
+ * register a cast to as the first argument.
+ * The code is provided here so the class does not need to be exported.
  */
 class SignalCastRegisterer {
 public:
 	SignalCastRegisterer(const std::type_info& type, SignalCaster::displayer_type displayer,
-			SignalCaster::caster_type caster, SignalCaster::tracer_type tracer);
+			SignalCaster::caster_type caster, SignalCaster::tracer_type tracer) {
+		g_caster.registerCast(type, displayer, caster, tracer);
+	}
 };
 
 /*!
diff --git a/src/signal/signal-caster.cpp b/src/signal/signal-caster.cpp
index 0ad45ffd29e3ea8a11f7ce37a4a65829b1271825..016f40bd00a1da89ceb5391fbaa3796674473399 100644
--- a/src/signal/signal-caster.cpp
+++ b/src/signal/signal-caster.cpp
@@ -73,12 +73,6 @@ any SignalCaster::cast(const type_info& type, istringstream& iss) {
 /// The global instance of the caster class.
 DYNAMICGRAPH_EXPORT SignalCaster g_caster;
 
-SignalCastRegisterer::SignalCastRegisterer(const std::type_info& type, SignalCaster::displayer_type displayer,
-		SignalCaster::caster_type caster, SignalCaster::tracer_type tracer)
-{
-	g_caster.registerCast(type, displayer, caster, tracer);
-}
-
 /// Default casts, such as casts already supported by std::iostream
 template<typename T> class DefaultCastRegisterer : public SignalCastRegisterer {
 public:
diff --git a/unitTesting/CMakeLists.txt b/unitTesting/CMakeLists.txt
index 58ec67bf1af12363629959baca0ac860fe668360..b59119d6943fd324e62685c21283f0c2023a6eab 100644
--- a/unitTesting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unitTesting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ SET(tests
 	test_shell
 	test_pool
 	test_depend
-	test_factory)
+	test_factory
+	test_signalcast)
 
 FOREACH(test_name ${tests})
 	SET(EXECUTABLE_NAME ${test_name})