diff --git a/src/materials/MeshDistanceMaterial.js b/src/materials/MeshDistanceMaterial.js
index d5f31b1ccb19e2d4a50810ff831669c27a8a9113..7968d4a9055894fd084822e751d2cd899b7db004 100644
--- a/src/materials/MeshDistanceMaterial.js
+++ b/src/materials/MeshDistanceMaterial.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Material } from './Material';
+import { Vector3 } from '../math/Vector3.js';
 
 /**
  * @author WestLangley / http://github.com/WestLangley
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ function MeshDistanceMaterial( parameters ) {
 
 	this.type = 'MeshDistanceMaterial';
 
-	this.referencePosition = new THREE.Vector3();
+	this.referencePosition = new Vector3();
 	this.nearDistance = 1;
 	this.farDistance = 1000;