diff --git a/tutorial/shared.thrift b/tutorial/shared.thrift
index 1ecfb0a..0d50bfa 100755
--- a/tutorial/shared.thrift
+++ b/tutorial/shared.thrift
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * these definitions.
  */
 
-cpp_namespace shared
+namespace cpp shared
 java_package shared
 perl_package shared