diff --git a/src/contrib/topology-read/inet-topology-reader.h b/src/contrib/topology-read/inet-topology-reader.h
index f7197129e..39e4200e8 100644
--- a/src/contrib/topology-read/inet-topology-reader.h
+++ b/src/contrib/topology-read/inet-topology-reader.h
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ public:
    */
   virtual NodeContainer Read (void);
 
+private:
+  InetTopologyReader (const InetTopologyReader&);
+  InetTopologyReader& operator= (const InetTopologyReader&);
+
   // end class InetTopologyReader
 };
 
diff --git a/src/contrib/topology-read/orbis-topology-reader.h b/src/contrib/topology-read/orbis-topology-reader.h
index e4d66ce0a..7e83afbc4 100644
--- a/src/contrib/topology-read/orbis-topology-reader.h
+++ b/src/contrib/topology-read/orbis-topology-reader.h
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ public:
    */
   virtual NodeContainer Read (void);
 
+private:
+  OrbisTopologyReader (const OrbisTopologyReader&);
+  OrbisTopologyReader& operator= (const OrbisTopologyReader&);
+
   // end class OrbisTopologyReader
 };
 
diff --git a/src/contrib/topology-read/topology-reader.h b/src/contrib/topology-read/topology-reader.h
index a913ebd06..bd4827123 100644
--- a/src/contrib/topology-read/topology-reader.h
+++ b/src/contrib/topology-read/topology-reader.h
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ private:
   void AddLink (Link link);
 
 private:
+
+  TopologyReader (const TopologyReader&);
+  TopologyReader& operator= (const TopologyReader&);
+
   std::string m_fileName;
   std::list<Link> m_linksList;
 
diff --git a/src/contrib/topology-read/wscript b/src/contrib/topology-read/wscript
index 5bd79388b..ffec41884 100644
--- a/src/contrib/topology-read/wscript
+++ b/src/contrib/topology-read/wscript
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
 
 def build(bld):
-    obj = bld.create_ns3_module('topology-read')
+    obj = bld.create_ns3_module('topology-read', ['node'])
     obj.source = [
        'topology-reader.cc',
        'inet-topology-reader.cc',