diff --git a/libsparse/output_file.cpp b/libsparse/output_file.cpp
index 5b8179f..c5c4960 100644
--- a/libsparse/output_file.cpp
+++ b/libsparse/output_file.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
 #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -48,13 +49,6 @@
 #define off64_t off_t
 #endif
 
-#define min(a, b)        \
-  ({                     \
-    typeof(a) _a = (a);  \
-    typeof(b) _b = (b);  \
-    (_a < _b) ? _a : _b; \
-  })
-
 #define SPARSE_HEADER_MAJOR_VER 1
 #define SPARSE_HEADER_MINOR_VER 0
 #define SPARSE_HEADER_LEN (sizeof(sparse_header_t))
@@ -231,7 +225,7 @@
   struct output_file_gz* outgz = to_output_file_gz(out);
 
   while (len > 0) {
-    ret = gzwrite(outgz->gz_fd, data, min(len, (unsigned int)INT_MAX));
+    ret = gzwrite(outgz->gz_fd, data, std::min<unsigned int>(len, (unsigned int)INT_MAX));
     if (ret == 0) {
       error("gzwrite %s", gzerror(outgz->gz_fd, nullptr));
       return -1;
@@ -268,7 +262,7 @@
   int ret;
 
   while (off > 0) {
-    to_write = min(off, (int64_t)INT_MAX);
+    to_write = std::min(off, (int64_t)INT_MAX);
     ret = outc->write(outc->priv, nullptr, to_write);
     if (ret < 0) {
       return ret;
@@ -470,7 +464,7 @@
   }
 
   while (len) {
-    write_len = min(len, out->block_size);
+    write_len = std::min(len, out->block_size);
     ret = out->ops->write(out, out->fill_buf, write_len);
     if (ret < 0) {
       return ret;