diff --git a/reactos/lib/freetype/rosglue.c b/reactos/lib/freetype/rosglue.c
index f55ceac35e1..5ebd348e1a8 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/freetype/rosglue.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/freetype/rosglue.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: rosglue.c,v 1.1 2003/04/01 08:38:28 gvg Exp $
+/* $Id: rosglue.c,v 1.2 2003/04/01 17:14:36 gvg Exp $
  *
  * COPYRIGHT:         See COPYING in the top level directory
  * PROJECT:           FreeType implementation for ReactOS
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ isalnum(int c)
   return (('0' <= c && c <= '9') || ('a' <= c && c <= 'z') || ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z'));
 }
 
+long
+labs(long j)
+{
+  return (j < 0 ? -j : j);
+}
+
 /*
  * Memory allocation
  *