diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
index 69e08a1c..2f38ca40 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class PropertyManager {
 
 #if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
         template<typename HandleTypeIteratorRange, typename PROP_VALUE>
-        void set_range(HandleTypeIteratorRange &range,
+        void set_range(const HandleTypeIteratorRange &range,
                 const PROP_VALUE &value) {
             set_range(range.begin(), range.end(), value);
         }