diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
index 61c3e378..0f7b331c 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-param-util.h
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class ParameterizedTestCaseRegistry {
           // and terminate the program since we cannot guaranty correct
           // test case setup and tear-down in this case.
           ReportInvalidTestCaseType(test_case_name,  file, line);
-          abort();
+          posix::Abort();
         } else {
           // At this point we are sure that the object we found is of the same
           // type we are looking for, so we downcast it to that type
diff --git a/src/gtest-death-test.cc b/src/gtest-death-test.cc
index a0ed80d1..603fccc1 100644
--- a/src/gtest-death-test.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-death-test.cc
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void DeathTestAbort(const String& message) {
   } else {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s", message.c_str());
     fflush(stderr);
-    abort();
+    posix::Abort();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/gtest_environment_test.cc b/test/gtest_environment_test.cc
index 744b405e..ec9aa2cd 100644
--- a/test/gtest_environment_test.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_environment_test.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ TEST(FooTest, Bar) {
 void Check(bool condition, const char* msg) {
   if (!condition) {
     printf("FAILED: %s\n", msg);
-    abort();
+    testing::internal::posix::Abort();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/gtest_repeat_test.cc b/test/gtest_repeat_test.cc
index ff9063a4..5223dc0e 100644
--- a/test/gtest_repeat_test.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_repeat_test.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace {
                   << "  Actual: " << actual_val << "\n"\
                   << "Expected: " #expected "\n"\
                   << "Which is: " << expected_val << "\n";\
-      abort();\
+      ::testing::internal::posix::Abort();\
     }\
   } while(::testing::internal::AlwaysFalse())
 
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ TEST(BarDeathTest, ThreadSafeAndFast) {
   g_death_test_count++;
 
   GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style) = "threadsafe";
-  EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(abort(), "");
+  EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(::testing::internal::posix::Abort(), "");
 
   GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style) = "fast";
-  EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(abort(), "");
+  EXPECT_DEATH_IF_SUPPORTED(::testing::internal::posix::Abort(), "");
 }
 
 #if GTEST_HAS_PARAM_TEST