diff --git a/interpreter/cling/include/cling/Interpreter/RuntimePrintValue.h b/interpreter/cling/include/cling/Interpreter/RuntimePrintValue.h
index 2231c46751ba8..0924b94024879 100644
--- a/interpreter/cling/include/cling/Interpreter/RuntimePrintValue.h
+++ b/interpreter/cling/include/cling/Interpreter/RuntimePrintValue.h
@@ -245,23 +245,67 @@ namespace cling {
     return str + " }";
   }
 
-  // Tuples and pairs
-  template <template <class...> typename TUPLE, typename... ARGS,
-            std::size_t NARGS = std::tuple_size<TUPLE<ARGS...>>::value>
-  inline std::string printValue(TUPLE<ARGS...>* val) {
-    if (NARGS == 0)
-      return valuePrinterInternal::kEmptyCollection;
+  // Tuples
+  template <class... ARGS>
+  inline std::string printValue(std::tuple<ARGS...> *);
 
-    std::string tuple_string = "{ ";
-    auto concatToStr = [&](ARGS&... args) {
-      std::size_t iarg = 0;
-      ((tuple_string +=
-        cling::printValue(&args) + (++iarg != NARGS ? ", " : " ")),
-       ...);
-      tuple_string += "}";
+  namespace collectionPrinterInternal {
+    // We loop at compile time from element 0 to element TUPLE_SIZE - 1
+    // of the tuple. The running index is N which has as initial value
+    // TUPLE_SIZE. We can therefore stop the iteration and account for the
+    // empty tuple case with one single specialisation.
+    template <class TUPLE,
+              std::size_t N = std::tuple_size<TUPLE>(),
+              std::size_t TUPLE_SIZE = std::tuple_size<TUPLE>()>
+    struct tuplePrinter {
+      static std::string print(TUPLE *t)
+      {
+        constexpr std::size_t elementNumber = TUPLE_SIZE - N;
+        using Element_t = decltype(std::get<elementNumber>(*t));
+        std::string ret;
+        if (elementNumber)
+           ret += ", ";
+        ret += cling::printValue(&std::get<elementNumber>(*t));
+        // If N+1 is not smaller than the size of the tuple,
+        // reroute the call to the printing function to the
+        // no-op specialisation to stop recursion.
+        constexpr std::size_t Nm1 = N - 1;
+        ret += tuplePrinter<TUPLE, Nm1>::print((TUPLE *)t);
+        return ret;
+      }
     };
-    std::apply(concatToStr, *val);
-    return tuple_string;
+
+    // Special case: no op if last element reached or empty tuple
+    template <class TUPLE, std::size_t TUPLE_SIZE>
+    struct tuplePrinter<TUPLE, 0, TUPLE_SIZE>
+    {
+      static std::string print(TUPLE *t) {return "";}
+    };
+
+    template <class T>
+    inline std::string tuplePairPrintValue(T *val)
+    {
+      std::string ret("{ ");
+      ret += collectionPrinterInternal::tuplePrinter<T>::print(val);
+      ret += " }";
+      return ret;
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <class... ARGS>
+  inline std::string printValue(std::tuple<ARGS...> *val)
+  {
+    using T = std::tuple<ARGS...>;
+    if (std::tuple_size<T>::value == 0)
+      return valuePrinterInternal::kEmptyCollection;
+    return collectionPrinterInternal::tuplePairPrintValue<T>(val);
+  }
+
+  template <class... ARGS>
+  inline std::string printValue(std::pair<ARGS...> *val)
+  {
+    using T = std::pair<ARGS...>;
+    return collectionPrinterInternal::tuplePairPrintValue<T>(val);
   }
 
   namespace collectionPrinterInternal {