diff --git a/glm/detail/func_exponential.hpp b/glm/detail/func_exponential.hpp
index 5f016161..93820870 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_exponential.hpp
+++ b/glm/detail/func_exponential.hpp
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ namespace glm
 	///
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/log2.xml">GLSL log2 man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.2 Exponential Functions</a>
-	template <typename genType> 
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL genType log2(genType const & x);
+	template <typename genType>
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL genType log2(genType x);
 
 	/// Returns the positive square root of x.
 	/// 
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ namespace glm
 	/// 
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs/manglsl/xhtml/sqrt.xml">GLSL sqrt man page</a>
 	/// @see <a href="http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/GLSLangSpec.4.20.8.pdf">GLSL 4.20.8 specification, section 8.2 Exponential Functions</a>
-	template <typename genType> 
-	GLM_FUNC_DECL genType sqrt(genType const & x);
+	//template <typename genType>
+	//GLM_FUNC_DECL genType sqrt(genType const & x);
 
+	template <typename T, precision P, template <typename, precision> class vecType>
+	GLM_FUNC_DECL vecType<T, P> sqrt(vecType<T, P> const & x);
+	
 	/// Returns the reciprocal of the positive square root of x.
 	/// 
 	/// @param x inversesqrt function is defined for input values of x defined in the range [0, inf+) in the limit of the type precision.
diff --git a/glm/detail/func_exponential.inl b/glm/detail/func_exponential.inl
index 805ce163..20fa45c9 100644
--- a/glm/detail/func_exponential.inl
+++ b/glm/detail/func_exponential.inl
@@ -158,21 +158,65 @@ namespace detail
 
 	VECTORIZE_VEC(log2)
 
-	// sqrt
-	template <typename genType>
-	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER genType sqrt
-	(
-		genType const & x
-	)
+	namespace detail
 	{
-		GLM_STATIC_ASSERT(std::numeric_limits<genType>::is_iec559, "'sqrt' only accept floating-point inputs");
-
-		assert(x >= genType(0));
-
-		return std::sqrt(x);
+		template <template <class, precision> class vecType, typename T, precision P>
+		struct compute_sqrt{};
+		
+		template <typename T, precision P>
+		struct compute_sqrt<detail::tvec1, T, P>
+		{
+			static detail::tvec1<T, P> call(detail::tvec1<T, P> const & x)
+			{
+				return detail::tvec1<T, P>(std::sqrt(x.x));
+			}
+		};
+		
+		template <typename T, precision P>
+		struct compute_sqrt<detail::tvec2, T, P>
+		{
+			static detail::tvec2<T, P> call(detail::tvec2<T, P> const & x)
+			{
+				return detail::tvec2<T, P>(std::sqrt(x.x), std::sqrt(x.y));
+			}
+		};
+		
+		template <typename T, precision P>
+		struct compute_sqrt<detail::tvec3, T, P>
+		{
+			static detail::tvec3<T, P> call(detail::tvec3<T, P> const & x)
+			{
+				return detail::tvec3<T, P>(std::sqrt(x.x), std::sqrt(x.y), std::sqrt(x.z));
+			}
+		};
+		
+		template <typename T, precision P>
+		struct compute_sqrt<detail::tvec4, T, P>
+		{
+			static detail::tvec4<T, P> call(detail::tvec4<T, P> const & x)
+			{
+				return detail::tvec4<T, P>(std::sqrt(x.x), std::sqrt(x.y), std::sqrt(x.z), std::sqrt(x.w));
+			}
+		};
+	}//namespace detail
+	
+	// sqrt
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float sqrt(float x)
+	{
+		return detail::compute_sqrt<detail::tvec1, float, highp>::call(x).x;
 	}
 
-	VECTORIZE_VEC(sqrt)
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER double sqrt(double x)
+	{
+		return detail::compute_sqrt<detail::tvec1, double, highp>::call(x).x;
+	}
+		
+	template <typename T, precision P, template <typename, precision> class vecType>
+	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER vecType<T, P> sqrt(vecType<T, P> const & x)
+	{
+		GLM_STATIC_ASSERT(std::numeric_limits<T>::is_iec559, "'sqrt' only accept floating-point inputs");
+		return detail::compute_sqrt<vecType, T, P>::call(x);
+	}
 
 	// inversesqrt
 	GLM_FUNC_QUALIFIER float inversesqrt(float const & x)