diff --git a/src/cpp/flann/algorithms/kdtree_index.h b/src/cpp/flann/algorithms/kdtree_index.h
index 42659ca8d3c3b8153b6e062e5c5a58be3898733c..fc12d8fe5648e30c88873d20f887cf367ef4df28 100644
--- a/src/cpp/flann/algorithms/kdtree_index.h
+++ b/src/cpp/flann/algorithms/kdtree_index.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <cmath>
 
 #include "flann/general.h"
 #include "flann/algorithms/nn_index.h"
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ private:
             ElementType max_span = 0;
             size_t div_feat = 0;
             for (size_t i=0;i<veclen_;++i) {
-                ElementType span = abs(point[i]-leaf_point[i]);
+                ElementType span = std::abs(point[i]-leaf_point[i]);
                 if (span > max_span) {
                     max_span = span;
                     div_feat = i;