diff --git a/recognition/include/pcl/recognition/color_gradient_modality.h b/recognition/include/pcl/recognition/color_gradient_modality.h
index 89ca02cb49c..986b22b98aa 100644
--- a/recognition/include/pcl/recognition/color_gradient_modality.h
+++ b/recognition/include/pcl/recognition/color_gradient_modality.h
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ processInputData ()
 
 	convolution.setInputCloud (rgb_input_);
 	convolution.setKernel (gaussian_kernel);
-
+  convolution.setBordersPolicy(pcl::filters::Convolution<pcl::RGB, pcl::RGB>::BORDERS_POLICY_DUPLICATE);
   convolution.convolve (*smoothed_input_);
 
   // extract color gradients