diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh
index b0513b7c..3c8f6fa8 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public:
     {
       VHandles::const_iterator it, it2, end(_indices.end());
 
-
+      
       // test for valid vertex indices
       for (it=_indices.begin(); it!=end; ++it)
         if (! mesh_.is_valid_handle(*it))
@@ -267,19 +267,36 @@ public:
 
       for (unsigned int i=0; i<failed_faces_.size(); ++i)
       {
-	VHandles&  vhandles = failed_faces_[i];
+        VHandles&  vhandles = failed_faces_[i];
 
-	// double vertices
-	for (unsigned int j=0; j<vhandles.size(); ++j)
-	{
-	  Point p = mesh_.point(vhandles[j]);
-	  vhandles[j] = mesh_.add_vertex(p);
-	  // DO STORE p, reference may not work since vertex array
-	  // may be relocated after adding a new vertex !
-	}
+        // double vertices
+        for (unsigned int j=0; j<vhandles.size(); ++j)
+        {
+          Point p = mesh_.point(vhandles[j]);
+          vhandles[j] = mesh_.add_vertex(p);
+          // DO STORE p, reference may not work since vertex array
+          // may be relocated after adding a new vertex !
+          
+          // Mark vertices of failed face as non-manifold
+          if (mesh_.has_vertex_status()) {
+              mesh_.status(vhandles[j]).set_fixed_nonmanifold(true);
+          }
+        }
 
-	// add face
-	mesh_.add_face(vhandles);
+        // add face
+        FaceHandle fh = mesh_.add_face(vhandles);
+        
+        // Mark failed face as non-manifold
+        if (mesh_.has_face_status())
+            mesh_.status(fh).set_fixed_nonmanifold(true);
+        
+        // Mark edges of failed face as non-two-manifold
+        if (mesh_.has_edge_status()) {
+            typename Mesh::FaceEdgeIter fe_it = mesh_.fe_iter(fh);
+            for(; fe_it; ++fe_it) {
+                mesh_.status(fe_it).set_fixed_nonmanifold(true);
+            }
+        }
       }
 
       failed_faces_.clear();
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/Status.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/Status.hh
index f96a3ef3..8d087567 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/Status.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/Status.hh
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ namespace Attributes {
  */
 enum StatusBits {
 
-  DELETED       = 1,    ///< Item has been deleted
-  LOCKED        = 2,    ///< Item is locked.
-  SELECTED      = 4,    ///< Item is selected.
-  HIDDEN        = 8,    ///< Item is hidden.
-  FEATURE       = 16,   ///< Item is a feature or belongs to a feature.
-  TAGGED        = 32,   ///< Item is tagged.
-  TAGGED2       = 64,   ///< Alternate bit for tagging an item.
-  NONMANIFOLD   = 128,  ///< Item is non-two-manifold
-  UNUSED        = 256   ///< Unused
+  DELETED               = 1,    ///< Item has been deleted
+  LOCKED                = 2,    ///< Item is locked.
+  SELECTED              = 4,    ///< Item is selected.
+  HIDDEN                = 8,    ///< Item is hidden.
+  FEATURE               = 16,   ///< Item is a feature or belongs to a feature.
+  TAGGED                = 32,   ///< Item is tagged.
+  TAGGED2               = 64,   ///< Alternate bit for tagging an item.
+  FIXEDNONMANIFOLD      = 128,  ///< Item was non-two-manifold and had to be fixed
+  UNUSED                = 256   ///< Unused
 };
 
 
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ public:
   void set_tagged2(bool _b) { change_bit(TAGGED2, _b); }
   
   
-  /// is non-manifold ?
-  bool nonmanifold() const  { return is_bit_set(NONMANIFOLD); }
-  /// set non-manifold
-  void set_nonmanifold(bool _b) { change_bit(NONMANIFOLD, _b); }
+  /// is fixed non-manifold ?
+  bool fixed_nonmanifold() const  { return is_bit_set(FIXEDNONMANIFOLD); }
+  /// set fixed non-manifold
+  void set_fixed_nonmanifold(bool _b) { change_bit(FIXEDNONMANIFOLD, _b); }
 
 
   /// return whole status