diff --git a/Arrangement_on_surface_2/include/CGAL/Curved_kernel_via_analysis_2/Arc_2.h b/Arrangement_on_surface_2/include/CGAL/Curved_kernel_via_analysis_2/Arc_2.h
index 5c23fe56d47..30dabba8bbd 100644
--- a/Arrangement_on_surface_2/include/CGAL/Curved_kernel_via_analysis_2/Arc_2.h
+++ b/Arrangement_on_surface_2/include/CGAL/Curved_kernel_via_analysis_2/Arc_2.h
@@ -3234,7 +3234,7 @@ public:
         return  is_equal(arc2);
     }
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__clang__)
     // befriending the kernel point
     friend typename Curved_kernel_via_analysis_2::Point_2;