diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3f632e2..2a3dbad9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ arbitrary = ["quickcheck"]
 [dependencies]
 rustc-serialize = "*"
 rand = "*"
+num = "*"
 
 [dependencies.quickcheck]
 optional = true
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 40b8ba7a..e028fcf7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ Feel free to add your project to this list if you happen to use **nalgebra**!
 #![cfg_attr(test, feature(test))]
 #![doc(html_root_url = "http://nalgebra.org/doc")]
 
+extern crate num;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate rand;
 
diff --git a/src/traits/structure.rs b/src/traits/structure.rs
index 665ea071..2d284237 100644
--- a/src/traits/structure.rs
+++ b/src/traits/structure.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Traits giving structural informations on linear algebra objects or the space they live in.
 
+use num::Float;
 use std::{f32, f64, i8, i16, i32, i64, u8, u16, u32, u64, isize, usize};
-use std::num::Float;
 use std::slice::{Iter, IterMut};
 use std::ops::{Add, Sub, Mul, Div, Rem, Index, IndexMut};
 use traits::operations::{RMul, LMul, Axpy, Transpose, Inv, Absolute};
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ pub trait BaseNum: Copy + Zero + One +
 }
 
 /// Basic floating-point number numeric trait.
-pub trait BaseFloat: Float + Cast<f64> + BaseNum {
+/// (Note: Clone could be a constraint on BaseNum instead)
+pub trait BaseFloat: Float + Clone + Cast<f64> + BaseNum {
     /// Archimedes' constant.
     fn pi() -> Self;
     /// 2.0 * pi.