diff --git a/Triangulation_2/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_2.h b/Triangulation_2/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_2.h
index 463436099f9..478c9a6b81c 100644
--- a/Triangulation_2/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_2.h
+++ b/Triangulation_2/include/CGAL/Triangulation_data_structure_2.h
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ copy_tds(const Tds &tds, Vertex_handle vh)
   set_dimension(tds.dimension());
 
   // Number of pointers to cell/vertex to copy per cell.
-  int dim = std::max(1, dimension() + 1);
+  int dim = (std::max)(1, dimension() + 1);
  
   if(n == 0) {return Vertex_handle();}