diff --git a/xo-unit/include/xo/unit/quantity_iostream.hpp b/xo-unit/include/xo/unit/quantity_iostream.hpp
index 5bc58d0b..eaf0ac0f 100644
--- a/xo-unit/include/xo/unit/quantity_iostream.hpp
+++ b/xo-unit/include/xo/unit/quantity_iostream.hpp
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ namespace xo {
     } /*namespace qty*/
 
     namespace print {
+#ifndef ppdetail_atomic
         template <auto NaturalUnit, typename Repr>
         struct ppdetail<xo::qty::quantity<NaturalUnit, Repr>> {
             using target_type = xo::qty::quantity<NaturalUnit, Repr>;
+
             static bool print_pretty(const ppindentinfo & ppii,
                                      const target_type & x) {
                 return ppdetail_atomic<target_type>::print_pretty(ppii, x);
             }
         };
+#endif
     } /*namespace print*/
 } /*namespace xo*/