diff --git a/src/graph/graph_adjacency.hh b/src/graph/graph_adjacency.hh
index a5a6db38e5d876e4c95ee974fcd095b0a0eb93fe..c968d6b13e49068caee5879714849aacfd81aa8b 100644
--- a/src/graph/graph_adjacency.hh
+++ b/src/graph/graph_adjacency.hh
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ public:
         friend class boost::iterator_core_access;
         void increment() { ++_iter; }
         void decrement() { --_iter; }
-        void advance(auto n) { _iter += n; }
+        template <class Distance>
+        void advance(Distance n) { _iter += n; }
         auto distance_to(base_edge_iterator const& other) const
         {
             return other._iter - _iter;