diff --git a/components/detournavigator/asyncnavmeshupdater.cpp b/components/detournavigator/asyncnavmeshupdater.cpp
index a0c9cba613..8d43449f87 100644
--- a/components/detournavigator/asyncnavmeshupdater.cpp
+++ b/components/detournavigator/asyncnavmeshupdater.cpp
@@ -48,32 +48,6 @@ namespace
 
 namespace DetourNavigator
 {
-    static std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream& stream, UpdateNavMeshStatus value)
-    {
-        switch (value)
-        {
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::ignored:
-                return stream << "ignore";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::removed:
-                return stream << "removed";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::added:
-                return stream << "add";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::replaced:
-                return stream << "replaced";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::failed:
-                return stream << "failed";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::lost:
-                return stream << "lost";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::cached:
-                return stream << "cached";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::unchanged:
-                return stream << "unchanged";
-            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::restored:
-                return stream << "restored";
-        }
-        return stream << "unknown(" << static_cast<unsigned>(value) << ")";
-    }
-
     AsyncNavMeshUpdater::AsyncNavMeshUpdater(const Settings& settings, TileCachedRecastMeshManager& recastMeshManager,
             OffMeshConnectionsManager& offMeshConnectionsManager)
         : mSettings(settings)
diff --git a/components/detournavigator/navmeshcacheitem.hpp b/components/detournavigator/navmeshcacheitem.hpp
index 5558f4e1f5..ac68caedb3 100644
--- a/components/detournavigator/navmeshcacheitem.hpp
+++ b/components/detournavigator/navmeshcacheitem.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <components/misc/guarded.hpp>
 
 #include <map>
+#include <ostream>
 
 struct dtMeshTile;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,32 @@ namespace DetourNavigator
         return (static_cast<unsigned>(value) & static_cast<unsigned>(UpdateNavMeshStatus::failed)) == 0;
     }
 
+    inline std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream& stream, UpdateNavMeshStatus value)
+    {
+        switch (value)
+        {
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::ignored:
+                return stream << "ignore";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::removed:
+                return stream << "removed";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::added:
+                return stream << "add";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::replaced:
+                return stream << "replaced";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::failed:
+                return stream << "failed";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::lost:
+                return stream << "lost";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::cached:
+                return stream << "cached";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::unchanged:
+                return stream << "unchanged";
+            case UpdateNavMeshStatus::restored:
+                return stream << "restored";
+        }
+        return stream << "unknown(" << static_cast<unsigned>(value) << ")";
+    }
+
     class UpdateNavMeshStatusBuilder
     {
     public: