diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLModelNode.cxx b/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLModelNode.cxx
index a3a87f71903..bc6872d75f3 100644
--- a/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLModelNode.cxx
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLModelNode.cxx
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ void vtkMRMLModelNode::CopyContent(vtkMRMLNode* anode, bool deepCopy/*=true*/)
   {
     return;
   }
+  this->MeshType = node->MeshType;
   if (deepCopy)
   {
     if (node->GetMesh())