diff --git a/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp b/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp
index 4563be6f8..f75e2f4f7 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/MeshOptimizers.cpp
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ void VertexCacheVisitor::doVertexOptimization(Geometry& geom,
             // vertices in the cache have already been added.
             OSG_DEBUG << "VertexCacheVisitor searching all triangles" << std::endl;
             TriangleList::iterator maxItr
-                = max_element(triangles.begin(), triangles.end(),
+                = std::max_element(triangles.begin(), triangles.end(),
                               CompareTriangle());
             triToAdd = &(*maxItr);
         }