diff --git a/include/pybind11/operators.h b/include/pybind11/operators.h
index d2caa88f..4c97c36d 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/operators.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/operators.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ PYBIND11_INPLACE_OPERATOR(ior,      operator|=,   l |= r)
 PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(neg,        operator-,    -l)
 PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(pos,        operator+,    +l)
 PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(abs,        abs,          std::abs(l))
-PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(invert,     operator~,    ~l)
+PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(invert,     operator~,    (~l))
 PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(bool,       operator!,    !!l)
 PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(int,        int_,         (int) l)
 PYBIND11_UNARY_OPERATOR(float,      float_,       (double) l)