diff --git a/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h b/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h
index 6dcbf79b788..94655a4caf2 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h
+++ b/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ those triangles is a feature edge.
 */ 
 void detect_features(FT angle_bound=120); 
 
+
+/*!
+Detects border edges of the bounding polyhedron and inserts them as features of the domain.
+*/
+   void detect_borders();
+
 /// @}
 
 }; /* end Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3 */
diff --git a/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/fig/remeshing.jpg b/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/fig/remeshing.jpg
index b28799551e6..dc91673a495 100644
Binary files a/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/fig/remeshing.jpg and b/Mesh_3/doc/Mesh_3/fig/remeshing.jpg differ
diff --git a/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/remesh_polyhedral_surface.cpp b/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/remesh_polyhedral_surface.cpp
index 708738c1679..e5e1c35ede2 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/remesh_polyhedral_surface.cpp
+++ b/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/remesh_polyhedral_surface.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int main()
   
   // Get sharp features
   domain.detect_features();
+  domain.detect_borders();
 
   // Mesh criteria
   Mesh_criteria criteria(edge_size = 0.025,
diff --git a/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h b/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h
index 1b8555e55a9..a4d304c81bf 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h
+++ b/Mesh_3/include/CGAL/Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3.h
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@
 
 #include <CGAL/enum.h>
 #include <CGAL/IO/Polyhedron_iostream.h>
+#include <CGAL/boost/graph/graph_traits_Polyhedron_3.h>
+#include <CGAL/boost/graph/helpers.h>
 
 #include <boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp>
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -127,6 +130,8 @@ public:
   void detect_features(FT angle_in_degree, Polyhedron& p);
   void detect_features(FT angle_in_degree = FT(60)) { detect_features(angle_in_degree, polyhedron_); }
 
+  void detect_borders();
+
 private:
   Polyhedron polyhedron_;
 
@@ -236,6 +241,39 @@ detect_features(FT angle_in_degree, Polyhedron& p)
     boost::make_transform_iterator(polylines.end(),extractor));
 }
 
+
+template < typename GT_, typename P_, typename TA_,
+           typename Tag_, typename E_tag_>
+void
+Polyhedral_mesh_domain_with_features_3<GT_,P_,TA_,Tag_,E_tag_>::
+detect_borders()
+{
+  typedef std::vector<Point_3> Polyline;
+  typedef std::vector<Polyline>Polylines;
+
+  Polylines polylines;
+  Polyline empty;
+  typedef boost::graph_traits<Polyhedron>::halfedge_descriptor halfedge_descriptor;
+  std::set<halfedge_descriptor> visited;
+  BOOST_FOREACH(halfedge_descriptor h, halfedges(polyhedron_)){
+    if(visited.find(h) == visited.end()){
+      if(is_border(h,polyhedron_)){
+        polylines.push_back(empty);
+        Polyline&  polyline = polylines.back();
+        polyline.push_back(source(h,polyhedron_)->point());
+        BOOST_FOREACH(halfedge_descriptor h,halfedges_around_face(h,polyhedron_)){
+          polyline.push_back(target(h,polyhedron_)->point());
+          visited.insert(h);
+        }
+      } else {
+        visited.insert(h);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  this->add_features(polylines.begin(), polylines.end());
+}
+
+
 } //namespace CGAL