diff --git a/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/Convex_hull_2.txt b/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/Convex_hull_2.txt
index 16b2a60610d..bca9d0f275f 100644
--- a/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/Convex_hull_2.txt
+++ b/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/Convex_hull_2.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ check whether a given sequence of 2D points forms a (counter)clockwise strongly
convex polygon. These are used in postcondition
testing of the two-dimensional convex hull functions.
+In case you want to keep collinear points you can use the 2D Delaunay triangulation as
+in the following example. This sequence is then not strongly convex.
+
+\cgalExample{Convex_hull_2/ch_delaunay_2.cpp}
+
*/
} /* namespace CGAL */
-
diff --git a/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/examples.txt b/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/examples.txt
index 8439df4a923..63515ecab88 100644
--- a/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/examples.txt
+++ b/Convex_hull_2/doc/Convex_hull_2/examples.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
\example Convex_hull_2/ch_timing.cpp
\example Convex_hull_2/iostream_convex_hull_2.cpp
\example Convex_hull_2/vector_convex_hull_2.cpp
+\example Convex_hull_2/ch_delaunay_2.cpp
*/
diff --git a/Convex_hull_2/examples/Convex_hull_2/ch_delaunay_2.cpp b/Convex_hull_2/examples/Convex_hull_2/ch_delaunay_2.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b80ee4c3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Convex_hull_2/examples/Convex_hull_2/ch_delaunay_2.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+typedef CGAL::Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel K;
+typedef K::Point_2 Point_2;
+typedef CGAL::Delaunay_triangulation_2 Delaunay_triangulation_2;
+
+
+int main()
+{
+ std::vector input = { Point_2(0, 0), Point_2(1,1), Point_2(2,0), Point_2(2,2), Point_2(1,2), Point_2(0,2) };
+
+ Delaunay_triangulation_2 dt(input.begin(), input.end());
+
+ std::list result;
+ Delaunay_triangulation_2::Vertex_circulator vc = dt.incident_vertices(dt.infinite_vertex()), done(vc);
+ do{
+ std ::cout << vc->point() << std::endl;
+ // push_front in order to obtain the counterclockwise sequence
+ result.push_front(vc->point());
+ ++vc;
+ }while(vc != done);
+
+ return 0;
+}