diff --git a/simple_parsing/annotation_utils/get_field_annotations.py b/simple_parsing/annotation_utils/get_field_annotations.py
index 8b44d0d7..e7849a6e 100644
--- a/simple_parsing/annotation_utils/get_field_annotations.py
+++ b/simple_parsing/annotation_utils/get_field_annotations.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import InitVar
 from logging import getLogger as get_logger
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, Optional, get_type_hints
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, Optional, get_type_hints, TypeVar
 
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "dict": typing.Dict,
     "list": typing.List,
     "type": typing.Type,
+    "D": TypeVar("D"),
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_issue_181.py b/test/test_issue_181.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e64ea07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_issue_181.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+from simple_parsing import Serializable, ArgumentParser
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import pytest
+
+@dataclass
+class MyArguments(Serializable):
+    arg1: str = 'this_argment'
+    
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'sys_argv, result', [
+        (['test.py'], 'this_argment'),
+        (['test.py', '--arg1', 'test2'], 'test2')
+    ],
+)
+def test_simple_parsing(sys_argv, result):
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_arguments(MyArguments, 'myargs')
+    args, _ = parser.parse_known_args(sys_argv)
+    assert args.myargs.arg1 == result
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