diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
index 5d8cb3606fd00e1ddcd784bcec36bd97aeeb94d1..6281c9cdbc5367d824e9ae99e203675991100db9 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ class PropertyManager {
             return std::move(pm);
         }
 
+
+        PropertyManager duplicate(const char *clone_name) {
+            PropertyManager pm(*mesh_, clone_name, false);
+            pm.mesh_->property(pm.prop_) = mesh_->property(prop_);
+            return std::move(pm);
+        }
+
 #else
         class Proxy {
             private:
@@ -215,6 +222,12 @@ class PropertyManager {
             pm.retain();
             return (Proxy)pm;
         }
+
+        Proxy duplicate(const char *clone_name) {
+            PropertyManager pm(*mesh_, clone_name, false);
+            pm.mesh_->property(pm.prop_) = mesh_->property(prop_);
+            return (Proxy)pm;
+        }
 #endif
 
         /**