diff --git a/absl/strings/escaping.h b/absl/strings/escaping.h
index 198b934..f5ca26c 100644
--- a/absl/strings/escaping.h
+++ b/absl/strings/escaping.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
 
 namespace absl {
+ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 // CUnescape()
 //
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
 // `2*from.size()`.
 std::string BytesToHexString(absl::string_view from);
 
+ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
 }  // namespace absl
 
 #endif  // ABSL_STRINGS_ESCAPING_H_