diff --git a/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection b/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection
index 23a6ac4b9..1025d9d4f 100644
--- a/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection
+++ b/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 /// This macro emulates the behavior of the standard typeid operator,
 /// returning the Type object associated to the type of the given
 /// expression.
-#define typeof(type)  osgIntrospection::Reflection::getType(extended_typeid<type>())
+#define typeof(type)  osgIntrospection::Reflection::getType(extended_typeid< type >())
 
 namespace osgIntrospection
 {