diff --git a/Point_set_3/include/CGAL/Point_set_3.h b/Point_set_3/include/CGAL/Point_set_3.h
index 0f2b7a3a695..c86e5251b7d 100644
--- a/Point_set_3/include/CGAL/Point_set_3.h
+++ b/Point_set_3/include/CGAL/Point_set_3.h
@@ -861,6 +861,19 @@ public:
     return out;
   }
 
+  std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::type_info> > properties_and_types() const
+  {
+    std::vector<std::string> prop = m_base.properties();
+    prop.erase (prop.begin()); // remove "index"
+    prop.erase (prop.begin()); // remove "point"
+    
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::type_info> > out; out.reserve (prop.size());
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < prop.size(); ++ i)
+      out.push_back (std::make_pair (prop[i], m_base.get_type(prop[i])));
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  
   /*!
     \brief Returns a sequence of \ref psp_namedparameters "Named Parameters" for Point Set Processing algorithms.