diff --git a/modules/mol/base/src/entity_view.hh b/modules/mol/base/src/entity_view.hh
index ab65d98f7187156878a3d8bc8141a54f22d2b685..b163966867d30ae50d6805bd0e99f39216e34454 100644
--- a/modules/mol/base/src/entity_view.hh
+++ b/modules/mol/base/src/entity_view.hh
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ public:
   ///
   /// \param entity The handle the view is created from.
   /// \param flags An ORed together list of ViewAddFlag
-  EntityView(const EntityHandle& entity,
-             ViewAddFlags flags=0);
+  explicit EntityView(const EntityHandle& entity,
+                      ViewAddFlags flags=0);
 
   /// \name View validity
   //@{