diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c98f6819cd995d5fa2ed623d3cca06b75338e605..db7ab2491316a2019573c55967ec7046fa34bfa1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ if (OCTOMAP_INCLUDE_DIRS AND OCTOMAP_LIBRARY_DIRS)
 	include_directories(${OCTOMAP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	link_directories(${OCTOMAP_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 	set(FCL_HAVE_OCTOMAP 1)
+        string(REPLACE "." ";" VERSION_LIST ${OCTOMAP_VERSION})
+        list(GET VERSION_LIST 0 OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION)
+        list(GET VERSION_LIST 1 OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION)
+        list(GET VERSION_LIST 2 OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION)
+        
 	message(STATUS "FCL uses Octomap")
 else()
 	message(STATUS "FCL does not use Octomap")
diff --git a/include/hpp/fcl/math/vec_3f.h b/include/hpp/fcl/math/vec_3f.h
index 4322ecdbeaae6771187c71fc438bec658f8a81d9..cdd6d770f1eb92c2fdb2876808e870e25535cea7 100644
--- a/include/hpp/fcl/math/vec_3f.h
+++ b/include/hpp/fcl/math/vec_3f.h
@@ -56,4 +56,20 @@ namespace fcl
 }
 
 
+#if FCL_HAVE_OCTOMAP
+  #define OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION @OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION@
+  #define OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION @OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION@
+  #define OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION @OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION@
+
+  #define OCTOMAP_VERSION_AT_LEAST(x,y,z) \
+    (OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION > x || (OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION >= x && \
+    (OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION > y || (OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION >= y && \
+    OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION >= z))))
+
+  #define OCTOMAP_VERSION_AT_MOST(x,y,z) \
+    (OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION < x || (OCTOMAP_MAJOR_VERSION <= x && \
+    (OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION < y || (OCTOMAP_MINOR_VERSION <= y && \
+    OCTOMAP_PATCH_VERSION <= z))))
+#endif // FCL_HAVE_OCTOMAP
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/hpp/fcl/octree.h b/include/hpp/fcl/octree.h
index 56b123bab1b13898380999ae3872115c82d267b7..86d3755a9f8c5e6fae0fa013f6917e65f2addb43 100644
--- a/include/hpp/fcl/octree.h
+++ b/include/hpp/fcl/octree.h
@@ -190,25 +190,41 @@ public:
   /// @return ptr to child number childIdx of node
   OcTreeNode* getNodeChild(OcTreeNode* node, unsigned int childIdx)
   { 
+#if OCTOMAP_VERSION_AT_LEAST(1,8,0)
     return tree->getNodeChild(node, childIdx);
+#else
+    return node->getChild(childIdx);
+#endif
   }  
 
   /// @return const ptr to child number childIdx of node
   const OcTreeNode* getNodeChild(const OcTreeNode* node, unsigned int childIdx) const
   { 
+#if OCTOMAP_VERSION_AT_LEAST(1,8,0)
     return tree->getNodeChild(node, childIdx);
+#else
+    return node->getChild(childIdx);
+#endif
   }  
       
   /// @brief return true if the child at childIdx exists
   bool nodeChildExists(const OcTreeNode* node, unsigned int childIdx) const
   { 
+#if OCTOMAP_VERSION_AT_LEAST(1,8,0)
     return tree->nodeChildExists(node, childIdx);
+#else
+    return node->childExists(childIdx);
+#endif
   }
 
   /// @brief return true if node has at least one child
   bool nodeHasChildren(const OcTreeNode* node) const
   {
+#if OCTOMAP_VERSION_AT_LEAST(1,8,0)
     return tree->nodeHasChildren(node);
+#else
+    return node->hasChildren();
+#endif
   }
 
   /// @brief return object type, it is an octree