diff --git a/LCS/Common/include/Common/Makefile.am b/LCS/Common/include/Common/Makefile.am
index 4a89e5aa3fe0dbf19a0c5e41948eaeecade81c13..91bf4578e4f1ab9881c1cf4d7cd3ad63f70c19d3 100644
--- a/LCS/Common/include/Common/Makefile.am
+++ b/LCS/Common/include/Common/Makefile.am
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pkginclude_HEADERS = \
 	LofarLogCout.h \
 	LofarLogger.h \
 	lofar_map.h \
+	lofar_math.h \
 	lofar_set.h \
 	lofar_sstream.h \
 	lofar_stack.h \
diff --git a/LCS/Common/include/Common/lofar_math.h b/LCS/Common/include/Common/lofar_math.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d36f4561f1ce5db0a6c3b20f9bd8cece2f42e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LCS/Common/include/Common/lofar_math.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+//# lofar_math.h:
+//#
+//#  Copyright (C) 2002
+//#  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
+//#  P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, seg@astron.nl
+//#
+//#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//#  (at your option) any later version.
+//#
+//#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//#
+//#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//#
+//#  $Id$
+
+#ifndef LOFAR_COMMON_MATH_H
+#define LOFAR_COMMON_MATH_H
+
+// \file
+
+#include <cmath>
+
+namespace LOFAR
+{
+  using std::acos;
+  using std::asin;
+  using std::atan;
+  using std::atan2;
+  using std::ceil;
+  using std::cos;
+  using std::cosh;
+  using std::exp;
+  using std::fabs;
+  using std::floor;
+  using std::fmod;
+  using std::frexp;
+  using std::ldexp;
+  using std::log;
+  using std::log10;
+  using std::modf;
+  using std::pow;
+  using std::sin;
+  using std::sinh;
+  using std::sqrt;
+  using std::tan;
+  using std::tanh;
+}
+
+#endif