diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/HandleToPropHandle.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/HandleToPropHandle.hh
index 4332b537..6e5f6393 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/HandleToPropHandle.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/HandleToPropHandle.hh
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ namespace OpenMesh {
         using type = OpenMesh::MPropHandleT<T>;
     };
 
+    template<typename T>
+    struct HandleToPropHandle<OpenMesh::MeshHandle, T> {
+        using type = OpenMesh::MPropHandleT<T>;
+    };
+
 } // namespace OpenMesh
 
-#endif // HANDLETOPROPHANDLE_HH_
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif // HANDLETOPROPHANDLE_HH_