diff --git a/include/eigenpy/details.hpp b/include/eigenpy/details.hpp
index 82ec077999768f56ccaa13872219b17a68ffad73..f950ac85fb3689c651f22594ac9a068f7163ae7c 100644
--- a/include/eigenpy/details.hpp
+++ b/include/eigenpy/details.hpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace eigenpy
       if(!PyArray_Check(pyArray))
         return 0;
       
-      if(!isScalarConvertible(GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(pyArray)))
+      if(!isScalarConvertible(EIGENPY_GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(pyArray)))
         return 0;
 
       if(MatType::IsVectorAtCompileTime)
diff --git a/include/eigenpy/eigen-allocator.hpp b/include/eigenpy/eigen-allocator.hpp
index dbb6d11277d0acf61dd37b71b1bb6b5b6269b26e..19a32d80e053bd1f9d51cf2cfe985ab0996b95e6 100644
--- a/include/eigenpy/eigen-allocator.hpp
+++ b/include/eigenpy/eigen-allocator.hpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace eigenpy
       Type * mat_ptr = initEigenObject<Type>::run(pyArray,storage);
       Type & mat = *mat_ptr;
       
-      const int pyArray_Type = GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(pyArray);
+      const int pyArray_Type = EIGENPY_GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(pyArray);
       if(pyArray_Type == NumpyEquivalentType<Scalar>::type_code)
       {
         mat = MapNumpy<MatType,Scalar>::map(pyArray); // avoid useless cast
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace eigenpy
                      PyArrayObject * pyArray)
     {
       const MatrixDerived & mat = const_cast<const MatrixDerived &>(mat_.derived());
-      const int pyArray_Type = GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(pyArray);
+      const int pyArray_Type = EIGENPY_GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(pyArray);
       
       typedef typename MapNumpy<MatType,Scalar>::EigenMap MapType;
       
diff --git a/include/eigenpy/numpy.hpp b/include/eigenpy/numpy.hpp
index 2c93d7a8fc32f418114b78c5b31964343240744b..c9cea4ed65543b16f0eff2ed6202af88e2fc9197 100644
--- a/include/eigenpy/numpy.hpp
+++ b/include/eigenpy/numpy.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #include <numpy/noprefix.h>
 
+#define EIGENPY_GET_PY_ARRAY_TYPE(array) PyArray_ObjectType(reinterpret_cast<PyObject *>(array), 0)
+
 namespace eigenpy
 {
   void EIGENPY_DLLEXPORT import_numpy();