diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.cc
index 97175088..ffe0ffc6 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.cc
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ namespace OMFormat {
   }
 
 
+ //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+  template<>
+  bool is_double<double>(const double&)
+  {
+      return true;
+  }
+
+
 } // namespace OMFormat
   // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.hh
index 4e041a34..d66f35d2 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.hh
@@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ namespace OMFormat {
 #endif
   }
 
+  template <typename T> bool is_double(const T&)
+  {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  template <> bool is_double<double>(const double&);
+
   template <typename T> bool is_integer(const T)
   {
 #if defined(OM_MISSING_HEADER_LIMITS)
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/exporter/ExporterT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/exporter/ExporterT.hh
index 02223122..56332061 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/exporter/ExporterT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/exporter/ExporterT.hh
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/vector_cast.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/Utils/color_cast.hh>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/exporter/BaseExporter.hh>
+#include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/OMFormat.hh>
 
 
 //=== NAMESPACES ==============================================================