diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 743b4a2..6d5982f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 vendor
 bin
 composer.phar
-composer.lock
\ No newline at end of file
+composer.lock
+.idea/*
diff --git a/spec/Argument/StringBuilderSpec.php b/spec/Argument/StringBuilderSpec.php
index 8826e14..906bdbd 100644
--- a/spec/Argument/StringBuilderSpec.php
+++ b/spec/Argument/StringBuilderSpec.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function it_should_use_typehint__for_object_and_name_it_after_its_type(ClassIden
     {
         $classIdentifier->getTypeName(Argument::any())->willReturn('ArrayObject');
 
-        $this->buildFrom(array(new \ArrayObject()))->shouldReturn('\ArrayObject $arrayObject');
+        $this->buildFrom(array(new \ArrayObject()))->shouldReturn('ArrayObject $arrayObject');
     }
 
     function it_should_suffix_names_when_necessary_to_avoid_name_collision(ClassIdentifier $classIdentifier)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function it_should_suffix_names_when_necessary_to_avoid_name_collision(ClassIden
 
         $this
             ->buildFrom(array(new \ArrayObject(), new \ArrayObject(), 1, 2))
-            ->shouldReturn('\ArrayObject $arrayObject1, \ArrayObject $arrayObject2, $argument1, $argument2')
+            ->shouldReturn('ArrayObject $arrayObject1, ArrayObject $arrayObject2, $argument1, $argument2')
         ;
     }
 }
diff --git a/spec/Decorator/CodeSpec.php b/spec/Decorator/CodeSpec.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c03be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/Decorator/CodeSpec.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace spec\Cjm\PhpSpec\Decorator;
+
+use PhpSpec\ObjectBehavior;
+use Prophecy\Argument;
+
+class CodeSpec extends ObjectBehavior
+{
+    function it_is_initializable()
+    {
+        $this->shouldHaveType('Cjm\PhpSpec\Decorator\Code');
+    }
+
+    function it_should_add_use_namespace_for_typehinted_argument_from_spl()
+    {
+        $codeIn =<<<CODE_IN
+<?php
+namespace Foo;
+
+class Foo {}
+CODE_IN;
+
+        $codeOut =<<<CODE_OUT
+<?php
+namespace Foo;
+use ArrayObject;
+
+class Foo {}
+CODE_OUT;
+
+        $this->addUseStatementForArgument('ArrayObject', $codeIn)->shouldReturn($codeOut);
+    }
+
+    function it_should_replace_use_statement_for_the_same_typehint()
+    {
+
+        $codeIn =<<<CODE_IN
+<?php
+namespace Foo;
+use \SplFixedArray;
+
+class Foo {}
+CODE_IN;
+
+        $codeOut =<<<CODE_OUT
+<?php
+namespace Foo;
+use \SplFixedArray;
+
+class Foo {}
+CODE_OUT;
+
+        $this->addUseStatementForArgument('\SplFixedArray', $codeIn)->shouldReturn($codeOut);
+    }
+
+    function it_should_add_only_one_use_statement()
+    {
+        $codeIn =<<<CODE_IN
+<?php
+namespace Foo;
+use \SplFixedArray;
+
+class Foo {}
+CODE_IN;
+
+        $codeOut =<<<CODE_OUT
+<?php
+namespace Foo;
+use Foo\Bar\Baz;
+use \SplFixedArray;
+
+class Foo {}
+CODE_OUT;
+
+        $this->addUseStatementForArgument('Foo\Bar\Baz', $codeIn)->shouldReturn($codeOut);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Argument/StringBuilder.php b/src/Argument/StringBuilder.php
index d6afd00..db27549 100644
--- a/src/Argument/StringBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Argument/StringBuilder.php
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ public function __construct(ClassIdentifier $classIdentifier)
     public function buildFrom($arguments)
     {
         $argumentStrings = array();
-        foreach ($arguments as $key => $argument){
+        foreach ($arguments as $key => $argument) {
             $argumentStrings[] = $this->getTypeHint($argument).$this->getArgName($argument);
         }
+
         $allCount = array_count_values($argumentStrings);
         $duplicatesCount = array_filter($allCount, function ($count) {
             return 1 < $count;
@@ -49,10 +50,14 @@ private function getTypeHint($argument)
     {
         $typeHint = '';
         if (is_object($argument)) {
-            $typeHint .= '\\'.$this->classIdentifier->getTypeName($argument).' ';
+            $typeHint = $this->classIdentifier->getTypeName($argument).' ';
         }
 
-        return $typeHint;
+        if (is_array($parts = explode('\\', $typeHint))) {
+            return end($parts);
+        } else {
+            return $typeHint;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,4 +75,19 @@ private function getArgName($argument)
 
         return '$'.lcfirst($className);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $arguments
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getNamespace($arguments)
+    {
+        $namespace = [];
+        foreach ($arguments as $argument) {
+            if (is_object($argument)) {
+                $namespace[] = addslashes($this->classIdentifier->getTypeName($argument));
+            }
+        }
+        return end($namespace);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Decorator/Code.php b/src/Decorator/Code.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35da190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Decorator/Code.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Cjm\PhpSpec\Decorator;
+
+class Code
+{
+    /**
+     * @param $argumentNamespace
+     * @param $codeIn
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function addUseStatementForArgument($argumentNamespace, $codeIn)
+    {
+        $codeOut = $this->removeNamespace($argumentNamespace, $codeIn);
+        $codeOut = $this->addNamespace($argumentNamespace, $codeOut);
+
+        return $codeOut;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $argumentNamespace
+     * @param $codeIn
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    private function removeNamespace($argumentNamespace, $codeIn)
+    {
+        return preg_replace('/\nuse\s+' . addslashes($argumentNamespace) . ';/', '', $codeIn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $argumentNamespace
+     * @param $codeOut
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    private function addNamespace($argumentNamespace, $codeOut)
+    {
+        return preg_replace('/namespace\s+(.+);/', '$0' . "\n" . 'use ' . addslashes($argumentNamespace) . ';', $codeOut);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Extension/TypeHintedMethodsExtension.php b/src/Extension/TypeHintedMethodsExtension.php
index 2fcb43f..57ff189 100644
--- a/src/Extension/TypeHintedMethodsExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extension/TypeHintedMethodsExtension.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Cjm\PhpSpec\Argument\ClassIdentifier;
 use Cjm\PhpSpec\Argument\StringBuilder;
+use Cjm\PhpSpec\Decorator\Code as CodeDecorator;
 use Cjm\PhpSpec\Generator\TypeHintedMethodGenerator;
 use PhpSpec\Extension\ExtensionInterface;
 use PhpSpec\ServiceContainer;
@@ -23,12 +24,17 @@ public function load(ServiceContainer $container)
             return new StringBuilder($c->get('code_generator.generators.method.classidentifier'));
         });
 
+        $container->set('code_generator.decorators.code', function ($c) {
+            return new CodeDecorator();
+        });
+
         $container->set('code_generator.generators.method', function ($c) {
             return new TypeHintedMethodGenerator(
                 $c->get('console.io'),
                 $c->get('code_generator.templates'),
                 null,
-                $c->get('code_generator.generators.method.argumentbuilder')
+                $c->get('code_generator.generators.method.argumentbuilder'),
+                $c->get('code_generator.decorators.code')
             );
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/Generator/TypeHintedMethodGenerator.php b/src/Generator/TypeHintedMethodGenerator.php
index 6308c22..4ccbe93 100644
--- a/src/Generator/TypeHintedMethodGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Generator/TypeHintedMethodGenerator.php
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace Cjm\PhpSpec\Generator;
 
 use Cjm\PhpSpec\Argument\StringBuilder;
+use Cjm\PhpSpec\Decorator\Code;
+use Cjm\PhpSpec\Decorator\Code as CodeDecorator;
 use PhpSpec\CodeGenerator\Generator\GeneratorInterface;
 use PhpSpec\CodeGenerator\TemplateRenderer;
 use PhpSpec\Console\IO;
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@
 
 class TypeHintedMethodGenerator implements GeneratorInterface
 {
+    /** @var CodeDecorator */
+    public $codeDecorator;
     /**
      * @var \PhpSpec\Console\IO
      */
@@ -36,13 +40,15 @@ class TypeHintedMethodGenerator implements GeneratorInterface
      * @param TemplateRenderer $templates
      * @param Filesystem $filesystem
      * @param StringBuilder $argumentBuilder
+     * @param CodeDecorator $codeDecorator
      */
-    public function __construct(IO $io, TemplateRenderer $templates, Filesystem $filesystem = null, StringBuilder $argumentBuilder)
+    public function __construct(IO $io, TemplateRenderer $templates, Filesystem $filesystem = null, StringBuilder $argumentBuilder, Code $codeDecorator)
     {
         $this->argumentBuilder = $argumentBuilder;
         $this->io = $io;
         $this->templates = $templates;
         $this->filesystem = $filesystem ?: new Filesystem;
+        $this->codeDecorator = $codeDecorator;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,6 +76,7 @@ public function generate(ResourceInterface $resource, array $data = array())
         $arguments = $data['arguments'];
 
         $argString = $this->argumentBuilder->buildFrom($arguments);
+        $argumentNamespace = $this->argumentBuilder->getNamespace($arguments);
 
         $values = array('%name%' => $name, '%arguments%' => $argString);
         if (!$content = $this->templates->render('method', $values)) {
@@ -79,6 +86,9 @@ public function generate(ResourceInterface $resource, array $data = array())
         }
 
         $code = $this->filesystem->getFileContents($filepath);
+        if ($argumentNamespace) {
+            $code = $this->codeDecorator->addUseStatementForArgument($argumentNamespace, $code);
+        }
         $code = preg_replace('/}[ \n]*$/', rtrim($content) ."\n}\n", trim($code));
         $this->filesystem->putFileContents($filepath, $code);