diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llsdutil.h b/indra/llcommon/llsdutil.h
index 2ff9ecdf89daa69879581d4189d0b2159272b146..84be95ba5499e9bbf98526565d137b3061467761 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llsdutil.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llsdutil.h
@@ -547,6 +547,16 @@ LLSD llsd_clone(LLSD value, LLSD filter = LLSD());
 // the filter parameter.
 LLSD llsd_shallow(LLSD value, LLSD filter = LLSD());
 
+namespace llsd
+{
+
+// llsd namespace aliases
+inline
+LLSD clone  (LLSD value, LLSD filter=LLSD()) { return llsd_clone  (value, filter); }
+inline
+LLSD shallow(LLSD value, LLSD filter=LLSD()) { return llsd_shallow(value, filter); }
+
+} // namespace llsd
 
 // Specialization for generating a hash value from an LLSD block. 
 template <>