diff --git a/doc/snippets/compile_snippet.cpp.in b/doc/snippets/compile_snippet.cpp.in
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+#include <Eigen/Dense>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace Eigen;
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int, char**)
+{
+  cout.precision(3);
+  ${snippet_source_code}
+  return 0;
+}