diff --git a/code/include/swoc/swoc_meta.h b/code/include/swoc/swoc_meta.h
index bbd0cf6..7da1765 100644
--- a/code/include/swoc/swoc_meta.h
+++ b/code/include/swoc/swoc_meta.h
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ template<typename T, typename... Types> struct is_any_of {
   static constexpr bool value = std::disjunction<std::is_same<T, Types>...>::value;
 };
 
+/// Helper variable template for is_any_of
+template <typename T, typename... Types>
+inline constexpr bool is_any_of_v = is_any_of<T, Types...>::value;
+
 /** Type list support class.
  *
  * @tparam Types List of types.
diff --git a/example/ex_netdb.cc b/example/ex_netdb.cc
index 36a5f6c..cae19df 100644
--- a/example/ex_netdb.cc
+++ b/example/ex_netdb.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ BufferWriter& bwformat(BufferWriter& w, bwf::Spec const& spec, FlagSet const& fl
   }
   return w;
 }
-
 } // namespace SWOC_NAMESPACE
 
 // These are used to keep pointers for the same string identical so the payloads
diff --git a/unit_tests/test_meta.cc b/unit_tests/test_meta.cc
index 00ce1c4..b4021e2 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_meta.cc
+++ b/unit_tests/test_meta.cc
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ TEST_CASE("Meta Example", "[meta][example]")
   REQUIRE(true == swoc::meta::is_any_of<A, A>::value);
   REQUIRE(false == swoc::meta::is_any_of<A, D>::value);
   REQUIRE(false == swoc::meta::is_any_of<A>::value); // verify degenerate use case.
+
+  REQUIRE(true == swoc::meta::is_any_of_v<A, A, B, C>);
+  REQUIRE(false == swoc::meta::is_any_of_v<D, A, B, C>);
 }
 
 // Start of ts::meta testing.