diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_math_matrix_test.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_math_matrix_test.cc
index 11eb04cb582..a4a82ffb246 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_math_matrix_test.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/tests/BLI_math_matrix_test.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ TEST(math_matrix, MatrixPseudoInverse)
                                        {0.389669f, 0.647565f, 0.168130f, 0.200000f},
                                        {-0.536231f, 0.330541f, 0.443163f, 0.300000f},
                                        {0.000000f, 0.000000f, 0.000000f, 1.000000f}));
-  float4x4 inv = pseudo_invert(mat);
+  /* MSVC 2019 has issues deducing the right template paramters, use an explicit template
+   * instanciation to sidestep the issue. */
+  float4x4 inv = pseudo_invert<float, 4>(mat);
   pseudoinverse_m4_m4(expect.ptr(), mat.ptr(), 1e-8f);
   EXPECT_M4_NEAR(inv, expect, 1e-5f);
 
@@ -178,7 +180,9 @@ TEST(math_matrix, MatrixPseudoInverse)
                                         {-0.51311f, 1.02638f, 0.496437f, -0.302896f},
                                         {0.952803f, 0.221885f, 0.527413f, -0.297881f},
                                         {-0.0275438f, -0.0477073f, 0.0656508f, 0.9926f}));
-  float4x4 inv2 = pseudo_invert(mat2);
+  /* MSVC 2019 has issues deducing the right template paramters, use an explicit template
+   * instanciation to sidestep the issue. */
+  float4x4 inv2 = pseudo_invert<float, 4>(mat2);
   EXPECT_M4_NEAR(inv2, expect2, 1e-5f);
 }