diff --git a/src/tools/ranges/IteratorView.hpp b/src/tools/ranges/IteratorView.hpp
index 3359456..c32986d 100644
--- a/src/tools/ranges/IteratorView.hpp
+++ b/src/tools/ranges/IteratorView.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class IteratorView : public ViewBase< IteratorView< Iterator > > {
   using reference = typename std::iterator_traits< Iterator >::reference;
   using const_reference = const reference;
   using iterator = Iterator;
+  using const_iterator = const Iterator;
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/src/tools/ranges/TransformView.hpp b/src/tools/ranges/TransformView.hpp
index ce0ee57..27f8a13 100644
--- a/src/tools/ranges/TransformView.hpp
+++ b/src/tools/ranges/TransformView.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ template < typename Range, typename Transform >
 class TransformView : public ViewBase< TransformView< Range, Transform > > {
 
   /* type aliases */
-  using BaseIterator = typename Range::const_iterator;
+  using BaseIterator = decltype( std::cbegin( std::declval< Range& >() ) );
 
   /* fields */
   Range base_;
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class TransformView : public ViewBase< TransformView< Range, Transform > > {
   using reference = typename std::iterator_traits< Iterator >::reference;
   using const_reference = const reference;
   using iterator = Iterator;
+  using const_iterator = const Iterator;
 
   /* constructor */
 
diff --git a/src/tools/ranges/make_transform_view.hpp b/src/tools/ranges/make_transform_view.hpp
index 34600ad..4943d66 100644
--- a/src/tools/ranges/make_transform_view.hpp
+++ b/src/tools/ranges/make_transform_view.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // system includes
 
 // other includes
+#include "tools/ranges/IteratorView.hpp"
 #include "tools/ranges/TransformView.hpp"
 
 namespace njoy {
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ template < typename Container, typename Transformation >
 constexpr auto make_transform_view( Container&& container,
                                     Transformation transformation ) {
 
-  return TransformView( container, std::move( transformation ) );
+  return TransformView( IteratorView( container.cbegin(), container.cend() ),
+                        std::move( transformation ) );
 }
 
 } // ranges namespace