diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.cpp b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.cpp
index 0bcd3f760..f15b9c73f 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.cpp
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.cpp
@@ -394,6 +394,37 @@ bool FilterMeasurePlugin::applyFilter( const QString& filterName,MeshDocument& m
 				Log("[%15.7f..%15.7f) : %4.0f", H.BinLowerBound(i), H.BinUpperBound(i), H.BinCountInd(i));
 			Log("[%15.7f..             +inf) : %4.0f", RangeMax, H.BinCountInd(binNum + 1));
 		}
+		if (filterName == "Per Vertex Quality Histogram")
+		{
+			vector<Scalarm> aVec(m.vn, 1.0);
+			if (areaFlag)
+				tri::MeshToMatrix<CMeshO>::PerVertexArea(m, aVec);
+
+			for (size_t i = 0; i<m.vn; ++i)
+				H.Add(m.vert[i].Q(), aVec[i]);
+		}
+		else{
+			vector<Scalarm> aVec(m.fn, 1.0);
+			if (areaFlag)
+				tri::MeshToMatrix<CMeshO>::PerFaceArea(m, aVec);
+
+			for (size_t i = 0; i<m.fn; ++i)
+				H.Add(m.face[i].Q(), aVec[i]);
+		}
+		if (areaFlag)
+		{
+			Log("(         -inf..%15.7f) : %15.7f", RangeMin, H.BinCountInd(0));
+			for (int i = 1; i <= binNum; ++i)
+				Log("[%15.7f..%15.7f) : %15.7f", H.BinLowerBound(i), H.BinUpperBound(i), H.BinCountInd(i));
+			Log("[%15.7f..             +inf) : %15.7f", RangeMax, H.BinCountInd(binNum + 1));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			Log("(         -inf..%15.7f) : %4.0f", RangeMin, H.BinCountInd(0));
+			for (int i = 1; i <= binNum; ++i)
+				Log("[%15.7f..%15.7f) : %4.0f", H.BinLowerBound(i), H.BinUpperBound(i), H.BinCountInd(i));
+			Log("[%15.7f..             +inf) : %4.0f", RangeMax, H.BinCountInd(binNum + 1));
+		}
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.xml b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.xml
index ecde768c6..9ab2e93c3 100644
--- a/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.xml
+++ b/src/meshlabplugins/filter_measure/filter_measure.xml
@@ -55,16 +55,22 @@
   </FILTER>
   
   <FILTER filterName="Per Face Quality Histogram" filterFunction="computeFaceQualityHistogram" filterClass="Measure" filterPre="MM_FACEQUALITY" filterPost="MM_NONE" filterArity="SingleMesh" filterRasterArity="NoRaster" filterIsInterruptible="false">
-  <FILTER_HELP><![CDATA[Compute an histogram of the values of the per-vertex quality.]]></FILTER_HELP>
+  <FILTER_HELP><![CDATA[Compute an histogram of the values of the per-face quality.]]></FILTER_HELP>
   <FILTER_JSCODE><![CDATA[]]></FILTER_JSCODE>
   <PARAM parType="Real" parName="HistMin" parDefault="meshDoc.current().computeMinFQ()" parIsImportant="true">
-    <PARAM_HELP><![CDATA[The vertex are displaced of a vector whose norm is bounded by this value]]></PARAM_HELP>
+    <PARAM_HELP><![CDATA[The faces are displaced of a vector whose norm is bounded by this value]]></PARAM_HELP>
     <EDIT_GUI guiLabel="Hist Min" />
   </PARAM>
   <PARAM parType="Real" parName="HistMax" parDefault="meshDoc.current().computeMaxFQ()" parIsImportant="true">
-    <PARAM_HELP><![CDATA[The vertex are displaced of a vector whose norm is bounded by this value]]></PARAM_HELP>
+    <PARAM_HELP><![CDATA[The faces are displaced of a vector whose norm is bounded by this value]]></PARAM_HELP>
     <EDIT_GUI guiLabel="Hist Max" />
   </PARAM>
+  <PARAM parName="areaWeighted" parIsImportant="true" parType="Boolean" parDefault="false">
+     <PARAM_HELP><![CDATA[If false, the histogram will report the number of faces with quality values
+     falling in each bin of the histogram. If true each bin of the histogram will report the approximate area
+     of the mesh with that range of values.]]></PARAM_HELP>
+     <CHECKBOX_GUI guiLabel="Area Weighted"/>
+    </PARAM>
   <PARAM parType="Int" parName="binNum" parDefault="20" parIsImportant="true">
     <PARAM_HELP><![CDATA[The number of bins of the histogram. E.g. the number of intervals in which the min..max range is subdivided into.]]></PARAM_HELP>
     <EDIT_GUI guiLabel="Bin number" />