diff --git a/glm/gtc/random.inl b/glm/gtc/random.inl
index de10a409..70485098 100644
--- a/glm/gtc/random.inl
+++ b/glm/gtc/random.inl
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace detail
 			w = x1 * x1 + x2 * x2;
 		} while(w > genType(1));
 
-		return x2 * Deviation * Deviation * sqrt((genType(-2) * log(w)) / w) + Mean;
+		return static_cast<genType>(x2 * Deviation * Deviation * sqrt((genType(-2) * log(w)) / w) + Mean);
 	}
 
 	template<length_t L, typename T, qualifier Q>