diff --git a/templates/headers/LaTeX.header b/templates/headers/LaTeX.header
index d891b5f63..a6729cf2d 100644
--- a/templates/headers/LaTeX.header
+++ b/templates/headers/LaTeX.header
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 \documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage[mathletters]{ucs}
 \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
diff --git a/tests/writer.latex b/tests/writer.latex
index 4c9f2187e..1a893672d 100644
--- a/tests/writer.latex
+++ b/tests/writer.latex
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 \documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage[mathletters]{ucs}
 \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}