diff --git a/api/reduce.C b/api/reduce.C
index 6650929ec2..fe424bc9ce 100644
--- a/api/reduce.C
+++ b/api/reduce.C
@@ -141,10 +141,18 @@ void REDUCED_ARRAY::reduce_source_row(float* in, float* out) {
             out[ri] += in[i];
             break;
             case REDUCE_METHOD_MIN:
+#ifdef HAVE_STD_MIN
+            out[ri] = min(out[ri],in[i]);
+#else
             out[ri] = std::min(out[ri],in[i]);
+#endif
             break;
             case REDUCE_METHOD_MAX:
+#ifdef HAVE_STD_MAX
+            out[ri] = max(out[ri],in[i]);
+#else
             out[ri] = std::max(out[ri],in[i]);
+#endif
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -255,7 +263,11 @@ void REDUCED_ARRAY::draw_row_quad(int row) {
         y10 = draw_pos[1] + draw_size[1]*h10;
         y11 = draw_pos[1] + draw_size[1]*h11;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_STD_MAX
+        float h = max(h00, max(h01, max(h10, h11)));
+#else
         float h = std::max(h00, std::max(h01, std::max(h10, h11)));
+#endif
         double hue = hue0 + (dhue*i)/rdimx;
         if (hue > 1) hue -= 1;
         double sat = 1.;
diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index fedd1ffc26..5bee2b7ff4 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -20813,7 +20813,11 @@ Rom    6 Dec 2004
 
 Bruce  7 Dec 2004
     -  Missing close bracket
+    -  Use HAVE_STD_MIN and HAVE_STD_MAX to detect if std::min and std::max are needed.
+       Ron, please check and correct if needed -- build was broken under Linux.
     html/
         ops/
             db_update.php
+    api/
+        reduce.C