diff --git a/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/Vector_3.h b/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/Vector_3.h
index 55862b39bc8..cf0df15df76 100644
--- a/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/Vector_3.h
+++ b/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/Vector_3.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
     : base(Rep{x, y, z}) {}
 
   VectorC3(FT_ &&x, FT_ &&y, FT_ &&z)
-    : base(Rep{x, y, z}) {}
+    : base(Rep{std::forward<FT_>(x), std::forward<FT_>(y), std::forward<FT_>(z)}) {}
 
   VectorC3(const FT_ &x, const FT_ &y, const FT_ &z, const FT_ &w)
     : base( w != FT_(1) ? CGAL::make_array<FT_>(x/w, y/w, z/w)
diff --git a/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/function_objects.h b/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/function_objects.h
index effe3bf68a9..0425e888b54 100644
--- a/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/function_objects.h
+++ b/Cartesian_kernel/include/CGAL/Cartesian/function_objects.h
@@ -3679,6 +3679,10 @@ namespace CartesianKernelFunctors {
     operator()(Return_base_tag, const RT& x, const RT& y, const RT& z) const
     { return Rep(x, y, z); }
 
+    Rep // Vector_3
+    operator()(Return_base_tag, RT&& x, RT&& y, RT&& z) const
+    { return Rep(std::forward<RT>(x), std::forward<RT>(y), std::forward<RT>(z)); }
+
     Rep // Vector_3
     operator()(Return_base_tag, const RT& x, const RT& y, const RT& z, const RT& w) const
     { return Rep(x, y, z, w); }
diff --git a/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Vector_3.h b/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Vector_3.h
index f81aee480f4..e8cf72bdf87 100644
--- a/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Vector_3.h
+++ b/Kernel_23/include/CGAL/Vector_3.h
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ public:
   Vector_3(const T1 &x, const T2 &y, const T3 &z)
     : Rep(typename R::Construct_vector_3()(Return_base_tag(), x, y, z)) {}
 
+  template < typename T1, typename T2, typename T3 >
+  Vector_3(T1&& x, T2&& y, T3&& z)
+    : Rep(typename R::Construct_vector_3()(Return_base_tag(), std::forward<T1>(x),
+                                                              std::forward<T2>(y),
+                                                              std::forward<T3>(z)))
+  {}
+
   Vector_3(const RT& x, const RT& y, const RT& z, const RT& w)
     : Rep(typename R::Construct_vector_3()(Return_base_tag(), x, y, z, w)) {}