diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d1a71ccd1..ec20b03fc 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: vegan
 Title: Community Ecology Package
-Version: 2.6-7
+Version: 2.6-8
 Authors@R: c(person("Jari", "Oksanen", role=c("aut","cre"),
                     email="jhoksane@gmail.com"),
 	   person("Gavin L.", "Simpson", role="aut",
diff --git a/R/decostand.R b/R/decostand.R
index 19080b901..3d193d7de 100644
--- a/R/decostand.R
+++ b/R/decostand.R
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     # the sample-specific mean value and subtract every entries'
     # value with that.
     clog <- log(x)
-    means <- rowMeans(clog)
+    means <- rowMeans(clog, na.rm = na.rm)
     clog <- clog - means
     attr(clog, "parameters") <- list("means" = means,
                                      "pseudocount" = pseudocount)