diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/Vector11T.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/Vector11T.hh
index 6c78777e..e05a843b 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/Vector11T.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Geometry/Vector11T.hh
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ class VectorT {
             std::copy_n(it, DIM, values_.begin());
         }
 
+        /// construct from an array
+        explicit VectorT(container&& _array) {
+            values_ = _array;
+        }
+
         /// copy & cast constructor (explicit)
         template<typename otherScalarType,
             typename = typename std::enable_if<