diff --git a/include/pybind11/cast.h b/include/pybind11/cast.h
index f847b084..8a3ccb4f 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/cast.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/cast.h
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ protected:
 
 template <typename... Tuple> class type_caster<std::tuple<Tuple...>> {
     using type = std::tuple<Tuple...>;
-    using indices = typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Tuple)>::type;
+    using indices = make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Tuple)>;
     static constexpr auto size = sizeof...(Tuple);
 
 public:
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
 template <typename... Args>
 class argument_loader {
     using itypes = type_list<intrinsic_t<Args>...>;
-    using indices = typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Args)>::type;
+    using indices = make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Args)>;
 
 public:
     static constexpr auto has_kwargs = std::is_same<itypes, type_list<args, kwargs>>::value;
diff --git a/include/pybind11/common.h b/include/pybind11/common.h
index 5622ad95..72e8e33e 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/common.h
@@ -346,9 +346,15 @@ struct internals {
 inline internals &get_internals();
 
 /// Index sequence for convenient template metaprogramming involving tuples
+#ifdef PYBIND11_CPP14
+using std::index_sequence;
+using std::make_index_sequence;
+#else
 template<size_t ...> struct index_sequence  { };
-template<size_t N, size_t ...S> struct make_index_sequence : make_index_sequence <N - 1, N - 1, S...> { };
-template<size_t ...S> struct make_index_sequence <0, S...> { typedef index_sequence<S...> type; };
+template<size_t N, size_t ...S> struct make_index_sequence_impl : make_index_sequence_impl <N - 1, N - 1, S...> { };
+template<size_t ...S> struct make_index_sequence_impl <0, S...> { typedef index_sequence<S...> type; };
+template<size_t N> using make_index_sequence = typename make_index_sequence_impl<N>::type;
+#endif
 
 /// Strip the class from a method type
 template <typename T> struct remove_class { };
diff --git a/include/pybind11/descr.h b/include/pybind11/descr.h
index a9a1f67a..22e94ef9 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/descr.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/descr.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ template <size_t Size1, size_t Size2> class descr {
 public:
     constexpr descr(char const (&text) [Size1+1], const std::type_info * const (&types)[Size2+1])
         : descr(text, types,
-                typename make_index_sequence<Size1>::type(),
-                typename make_index_sequence<Size2>::type()) { }
+                make_index_sequence<Size1>(),
+                make_index_sequence<Size2>()) { }
 
     constexpr const char *text() const { return m_text; }
     constexpr const std::type_info * const * types() const { return m_types; }
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ public:
     template <size_t OtherSize1, size_t OtherSize2>
     constexpr descr<Size1 + OtherSize1, Size2 + OtherSize2> operator+(const descr<OtherSize1, OtherSize2> &other) const {
         return concat(other,
-                      typename make_index_sequence<Size1>::type(),
-                      typename make_index_sequence<Size2>::type(),
-                      typename make_index_sequence<OtherSize1>::type(),
-                      typename make_index_sequence<OtherSize2>::type());
+                      make_index_sequence<Size1>(),
+                      make_index_sequence<Size2>(),
+                      make_index_sequence<OtherSize1>(),
+                      make_index_sequence<OtherSize2>());
     }
 
 protected:
diff --git a/include/pybind11/numpy.h b/include/pybind11/numpy.h
index 8950cb7c..e6f4efdf 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/numpy.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/numpy.h
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ struct vectorize_helper {
     explicit vectorize_helper(T&&f) : f(std::forward<T>(f)) { }
 
     object operator()(array_t<Args, array::c_style | array::forcecast>... args) {
-        return run(args..., typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Args)>::type());
+        return run(args..., make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Args)>());
     }
 
     template <size_t ... Index> object run(array_t<Args, array::c_style | array::forcecast>&... args, index_sequence<Index...> index) {