diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh
index 09e2873c..d2975c39 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>* MeshDual (PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits> &
   for(typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::ConstFaceIter fit=primal.faces_begin(); fit!=primal.faces_end(); ++fit)
   {
       typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::Point centerPoint(0,0,0);
-      unsigned int degree= 0;
+      typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::Scalar degree= 0.0;
       for(typename PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>::ConstFaceVertexIter vit=primal.cfv_iter(*fit); vit.is_valid(); ++vit, ++degree)
         centerPoint += primal.point(*vit);
         assert(degree!=0);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits>* MeshDual (PolyMesh_ArrayKernelT<MeshTraits> &
 
   return dual;
 
-};
+}
 
 //=============================================================================
 } // namespace Util
diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests.cc b/src/Unittests/unittests.cc
index f00923ec..8a63f84c 100644
--- a/src/Unittests/unittests.cc
+++ b/src/Unittests/unittests.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "unittests_trimesh_collapse.hh"
 #include "unittests_decimater.hh"
 #include "unittests_mc_decimater.hh"
+#include "unittests_mesh_dual.hh"
 #include "unittests_mixed_decimater.hh"
 #include "unittests_subdivider_uniform.hh"
 #include "unittests_subdivider_adaptive.hh"
diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests_mesh_dual.hh b/src/Unittests/unittests_mesh_dual.hh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a218575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unittests/unittests_mesh_dual.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#ifndef INCLUDE_UNITTESTS_MESHDUAL_HH
+#define INCLUDE_UNITTESTS_MESHDUAL_HH
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <Unittests/unittests_common.hh>
+#include <OpenMesh/Tools/Dualizer/meshDualT.hh>
+
+class OpenMeshMeshDual : public OpenMeshBasePoly {
+
+    protected:
+
+        // This function is called before each test is run
+        virtual void SetUp() {
+            
+            // Do some initial stuff with the member data here...
+        }
+
+        // This function is called after all tests are through
+        virtual void TearDown() {
+
+            // Do some final stuff with the member data here...
+        }
+
+    // Member already defined in OpenMeshBase
+    //Mesh mesh_;  
+};
+
+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Define tests below
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+/*
+ */
+TEST_F(OpenMeshMeshDual, Dualize) {
+
+  bool ok = OpenMesh::IO::read_mesh(mesh_, "cube1.off");
+    
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ok);
+
+  PolyMesh* dualMesh;
+
+  dualMesh = OpenMesh::Util::MeshDual(mesh_);
+
+
+  std::cerr << "Original has " << mesh_.n_vertices() << " , " << mesh_.n_edges() << " , "  << mesh_.n_faces() << std::endl;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(15048u, dualMesh->n_vertices()) << "The number of vertices after decimation is not correct!";
+  EXPECT_EQ(22572u, dualMesh->n_edges()) << "The number of edges after decimation is not correct!";
+  EXPECT_EQ(7526u, dualMesh->n_faces()) << "The number of faces after decimation is not correct!";
+
+  delete(dualMesh);
+}
+
+#endif // INCLUDE GUARD