diff --git a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
index 99f1774a..b88199f2 100644
--- a/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
+++ b/googlemock/include/gmock/gmock-matchers.h
@@ -3527,8 +3527,8 @@ inline internal::ElementsAreArrayMatcher<T> ElementsAreArray(
 }
 
 template <typename Container>
-inline internal::ElementsAreArrayMatcher<typename Container::value_type>
-ElementsAreArray(const Container& container) {
+inline auto ElementsAreArray(const Container& container)
+    -> decltype(ElementsAreArray(container.begin(), container.end())) {
   return ElementsAreArray(container.begin(), container.end());
 }