diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index cefdae14..1529d5b8 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 <b>IO</b>
 <ul>
 <li>PLY Reader: Fixed binary reader errors in ply reader. (Thanks to Michael Kremer for the patch)</li>
+<li>Throw error when no readers are available (Thanks to Christian Feurer for the patch)</li>
 </ul>
 
 <b>Build System</b>
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/IOManager.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/IOManager.cc
index b531c142..40f6ec69 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/IOManager.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/IOManager.cc
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ read(const std::string& _filename, BaseImporter& _bi, Options& _opt)
   std::set<BaseReader*>::const_iterator it     =  reader_modules_.begin();
   std::set<BaseReader*>::const_iterator it_end =  reader_modules_.end();
 
+  if( it == it_end ) 
+  { 
+    omerr() << "[OpenMesh::IO::_IOManager_] No reading modules available!\n"; 
+    return false; 
+  } 
+
   // Try all registered modules
   for(; it != it_end; ++it)
     if ((*it)->can_u_read(_filename))