diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/connected_components.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/connected_components.h
index 06e39a4332d..ae390ce72dd 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/connected_components.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/connected_components.h
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ connected_components(PolygonMesh& pmesh,
   return CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::connected_components(pmesh, fcm, ecmap, get(boost::face_index, pmesh));
 }
 
+template <typename PolygonMesh, typename FaceComponentMap>
+typename boost::property_traits<FaceComponentMap>::value_type
+connected_components(PolygonMesh& pmesh,
+                     FaceComponentMap& fcm,
+                     CGAL::Default d)
+{
+
+  return CGAL::Polygon_mesh_processing::connected_components(pmesh, fcm, d, get(boost::face_index, pmesh));
+}
+
 
 template <typename PolygonMesh, typename FaceComponentMap>
 typename boost::property_traits<FaceComponentMap>::value_type