diff --git a/Eigen/src/PardisoSupport/PardisoSupport.h b/Eigen/src/PardisoSupport/PardisoSupport.h
index 1c48f0df7..18cd7d88a 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/PardisoSupport/PardisoSupport.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/PardisoSupport/PardisoSupport.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class PardisoImpl
     void pardisoInit(int type)
     {
       m_type = type;
-      bool symmetric = abs(m_type) < 10;
+      bool symmetric = std::abs(m_type) < 10;
       m_iparm[0] = 1;   // No solver default
       m_iparm[1] = 3;   // use Metis for the ordering
       m_iparm[2] = 1;   // Numbers of processors, value of OMP_NUM_THREADS