diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb009c3fdcb56f3a3a2cd0663da76447a3fa1b07..4638f59cd7cf019d31b4418afdf7a13b62138760 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ endif()
 
 include (ACGOutput)
 
+# ========================================================================
+# Definitions
+# ========================================================================
+
 if (WIN32)
   add_definitions(
       -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES -DNOMINMAX
@@ -31,6 +35,10 @@ if (WIN32)
   )
 endif ()
 
+set(NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disables all deprecated warnings warning about decrement operations on normal circulators.")
+if(NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS)
+  add_definitions( -DNO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS )
+endif()
 
 # ========================================================================
 # Windows build style control
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/CirculatorsT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/CirculatorsT.hh
index 7e74afad7b982f524acf1975b25646915341aebf..b7667ecbbd2f5da2bd2721edea87ec8453c01bcf 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/CirculatorsT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Mesh/CirculatorsT.hh
@@ -485,7 +485,20 @@ class GenericCirculatorT_DEPRECATED : protected GenericCirculatorBaseT<Mesh> {
             GenericCirculator_ValueHandleFns::increment(this->mesh_, this->heh_, this->start_, this->lap_counter_);
             return *this;
         }
-        DEPRECATED("current decrement operator is deprecated. Please use CCW/CW iterators.")
+#ifndef NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
+#define DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS_TEXT "The current decrement operator has the unintended behavior that it stays\
+    valid when iterating below the start and will visit the first entity\
+    twice before getting invalid. Furthermore it gets valid again, if you\
+    increment at the end.\
+    When you are sure that you don't iterate below the start anywhere in\
+    your code or rely on this behaviour, you can disable this warning by\
+    setting the define NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS at the command line (or enable it via the\
+    cmake flags).\
+    To be save, you can use the CW/CCW circulator definitions, which behave\
+    the same as the original ones, without the previously mentioned issues."
+
+        DEPRECATED( DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS_TEXT )
+#endif // NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
         GenericCirculatorT_DEPRECATED& operator--() {
             assert(this->mesh_);
             GenericCirculator_ValueHandleFns::decrement(this->mesh_, this->heh_, this->start_, this->lap_counter_);
@@ -501,7 +514,10 @@ class GenericCirculatorT_DEPRECATED : protected GenericCirculatorBaseT<Mesh> {
         }
 
         /// Post-decrement
-        DEPRECATED("current decrement operator is deprecated. Please use CCW/CW iterators.")
+#ifndef NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
+        DEPRECATED( DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS_TEXT )
+#undef DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS_TEXT
+#endif //NO_DECREMENT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
         GenericCirculatorT_DEPRECATED operator--(int) {
             assert(this->mesh_);
             GenericCirculatorT_DEPRECATED cpy(*this);