diff --git a/include/loki/Threads.h b/include/loki/Threads.h
index 9c4f4a3..196b983 100644
--- a/include/loki/Threads.h
+++ b/include/loki/Threads.h
@@ -523,6 +523,19 @@ namespace Loki
     {
         struct Initializer
         {
+
+            /// This function provides a Scott-Meyers type of Singleton as the initializer
+            /// for the shared mutex.
+            static Initializer & GetIt( void )
+            {
+                static Initializer initializer_;
+                return initializer_;
+            }
+
+            inline bool IsInit( void ) { return init_; }
+            inline MutexPolicy & GetMutex( void ) { return mtx_; }
+
+        private:
             bool init_;
             MutexPolicy mtx_;
 
@@ -535,9 +548,10 @@ namespace Loki
             {
                 assert(init_);
             }
-        };
 
-        static Initializer initializer_;
+            Initializer( const Initializer & );
+            Initializer & operator = ( const Initializer & );
+        };
 
     public:
 
@@ -553,29 +567,33 @@ namespace Loki
             /// Lock class
             Lock()
             {
-                assert(initializer_.init_);
-                initializer_.mtx_.Lock();
+                Initializer & initializer = Initializer::GetIt();
+                assert( initializer.IsInit() );
+                initializer.GetMutex().Lock();
             }
 
             /// Lock class
             explicit Lock(const ClassLevelLockable&)
             {
-                assert(initializer_.init_);
-                initializer_.mtx_.Lock();
+                Initializer & initializer = Initializer::GetIt();
+                assert( initializer.IsInit() );
+                initializer.GetMutex().Lock();
             }
 
             /// Lock class
             explicit Lock(const ClassLevelLockable*)
             {
-                assert(initializer_.init_);
-                initializer_.mtx_.Lock();
+                Initializer & initializer = Initializer::GetIt();
+                assert( initializer.IsInit() );
+                initializer.GetMutex().Lock();
             }
 
             /// Unlock class
             ~Lock()
             {
-                assert(initializer_.init_);
-                initializer_.mtx_.Unlock();
+                Initializer & initializer = Initializer::GetIt();
+                assert( initializer.IsInit() );
+                initializer.GetMutex().Unlock();
             }
 
         private:
@@ -596,10 +614,6 @@ namespace Loki
     pthread_mutex_t ClassLevelLockable<Host, MutexPolicy>::atomic_mutex_ = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 #endif
 
-    template < class Host, class MutexPolicy >
-    typename ClassLevelLockable< Host, MutexPolicy >::Initializer
-    ClassLevelLockable< Host, MutexPolicy >::initializer_;
-
 #endif // #if defined(LOKI_WINDOWS_H) || defined(LOKI_PTHREAD_H)
 
 } // namespace Loki