diff --git a/src/mesh.jl b/src/mesh.jl
index c3648f50f7f5ca4b07be234e59c95487c673cc5e..1638735290ef2e00b472fae9ab24637269a3939e 100644
--- a/src/mesh.jl
+++ b/src/mesh.jl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ nvertices(x::Mesh) = size(x.vertices, 2)
 ncells(x::Mesh) = size(x.cells, 2)
 
 cells(mesh::Mesh) = axes(mesh.cells, 2)
+vertices(mesh::Mesh) = axes(mesh.vertices, 2)
 vertices(mesh::Mesh, cell) = ntuple(i -> mesh.cells[i, cell], nvertices_cell(mesh))
 
 #function Base.getproperty(obj::Mesh, sym::Symbol)