diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.cc
index eca592ea..8e3d78be 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ double RandomNumberGenerator::getRand() const {
   return randNum / maxNum_;
 }
 
+double RandomNumberGenerator::resolution() const {
+  return maxNum_;
+}
+
 //=============================================================================
 } // namespace OpenMesh
 //=============================================================================
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.hh
index 07d65e80..e3ece251 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/RandomNumberGenerator.hh
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ public:
   /// returns a random double between 0.0 and 1.0 with a guaranteed resolution
   double getRand() const;
 
+  double resolution() const;
+
 private:
 
   /// desired resolution