diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/StoreRestore.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/StoreRestore.hh
index e4da7f3a..55ec27a4 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/StoreRestore.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/StoreRestore.hh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h>
 #include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/SR_binary.hh>
+#include <OpenMesh/Core/IO/SR_binary_spec.hh>
 
 //== NAMESPACES ===============================================================
 
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
index 65010466..06d26792 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ bool _OMWriter_::write_binary(std::ostream& _os, BaseExporter& _be,
 
     for (i=0, nF=header.n_faces_; i<nF; ++i)
     {
+      nV = _be.get_vhandles(FaceHandle(i), vhandles);
       if ( header.mesh_ == 'P' )
          bytes += store( _os, vhandles.size(),
 			OMFormat::Chunk::Integer_16, swap );