diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc
index d10e009a..68c78747 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/PLYWriter.cc
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void _PLYWriter_::writeValue(ValueType _type, std::ostream& _out, float value) c
 
 void _PLYWriter_::writeValue(ValueType _type, std::ostream& _out, double value) const {
 
-  double_t tmp;
+  float64_t tmp;
 
   switch (_type) {
     case ValueTypeDOUBLE: