diff --git a/doc/changelog.dox b/doc/changelog.dox
index 4104e348e..572de1d3e 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.dox
+++ b/doc/changelog.dox
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ See also:
     @ref MeshTools::removeDuplicatesInPlace() variant
 -   Added @ref MeshTools::duplicateInto() variants that take type-erased
     2D strided array views
+-   Added @ref MeshTools::generateSmoothNormals() and
+    @ref MeshTools::generateSmoothNormalsInto() variants taking type-erased
+    index arrays
 
 @subsubsection changelog-latest-changes-platform Platform libraries
 
diff --git a/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.cpp b/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.cpp
index de924b808..7aacd35ec 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ void generateSmoothNormalsInto(const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Unsign
     generateSmoothNormalsIntoImplementation(indices, positions, normals);
 }
 
+void generateSmoothNormalsInto(const Containers::StridedArrayView2D<const char>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<Vector3>& normals) {
+    CORRADE_ASSERT(indices.isContiguous<1>(), "MeshTools::generateSmoothNormalsInto(): second index view dimension is not contiguous", );
+    if(indices.size()[1] == 4)
+        return generateSmoothNormalsIntoImplementation(Containers::arrayCast<1, const UnsignedInt>(indices), positions, normals);
+    else if(indices.size()[1] == 2)
+        return generateSmoothNormalsIntoImplementation(Containers::arrayCast<1, const UnsignedShort>(indices), positions, normals);
+    else {
+        CORRADE_ASSERT(indices.size()[1] == 1, "MeshTools::generateSmoothNormalsInto(): expected index type size 1, 2 or 4 but got" << indices.size()[1], );
+        return generateSmoothNormalsIntoImplementation(Containers::arrayCast<1, const UnsignedByte>(indices), positions, normals);
+    }
+}
+
 namespace {
 
 template<class T> inline Containers::Array<Vector3> generateSmoothNormalsImplementation(const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const T>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions) {
@@ -257,4 +269,10 @@ Containers::Array<Vector3> generateSmoothNormals(const Containers::StridedArrayV
     return generateSmoothNormalsImplementation(indices, positions);
 }
 
+Containers::Array<Vector3> generateSmoothNormals(const Containers::StridedArrayView2D<const char>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions) {
+    Containers::Array<Vector3> out{Containers::NoInit, positions.size()};
+    generateSmoothNormalsInto(indices, positions, out);
+    return out;
+}
+
 }}
diff --git a/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.h b/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.h
index fa1ccdffb..219bdfe73 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.h
+++ b/src/Magnum/MeshTools/GenerateNormals.h
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ MAGNUM_MESHTOOLS_EXPORT Containers::Array<Vector3> generateSmoothNormals(const C
  */
 MAGNUM_MESHTOOLS_EXPORT Containers::Array<Vector3> generateSmoothNormals(const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const UnsignedByte>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions);
 
+/**
+@brief Generate smooth normals using a type-erased index array
+@m_since_latest
+
+Expects that the second dimension of @p indices is contiguous and represents
+the actual 1/2/4-byte index type. Based on its size then calls one of the
+@ref generateSmoothNormals(const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const UnsignedInt>&, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>&)
+etc. overloads.
+*/
+MAGNUM_MESHTOOLS_EXPORT Containers::Array<Vector3> generateSmoothNormals(const Containers::StridedArrayView2D<const char>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions);
+
 /**
 @brief Generate smooth normals into an existing array
 @param[in] indices      Triangle face indices
@@ -167,6 +178,18 @@ MAGNUM_MESHTOOLS_EXPORT void generateSmoothNormalsInto(const Containers::Strided
  */
 MAGNUM_MESHTOOLS_EXPORT void generateSmoothNormalsInto(const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const UnsignedByte>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<Vector3>& normals);
 
+/**
+@brief Generate smooth normals into an existing array using a type-erased index array
+@m_since_latest
+
+Expects that @p normals has the same size as @p positions and that the second
+dimension of @p indices is contiguous and represents the actual 1/2/4-byte
+index type. Based on its size then calls one of the
+@ref generateSmoothNormalsInto(const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const UnsignedInt>&, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>&, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<Vector3>&)
+etc. overloads.
+*/
+MAGNUM_MESHTOOLS_EXPORT void generateSmoothNormalsInto(const Containers::StridedArrayView2D<const char>& indices, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<const Vector3>& positions, const Containers::StridedArrayView1D<Vector3>& normals);
+
 }}
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Magnum/MeshTools/Test/GenerateNormalsTest.cpp b/src/Magnum/MeshTools/Test/GenerateNormalsTest.cpp
index 486582c9f..bc80b787a 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/MeshTools/Test/GenerateNormalsTest.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/MeshTools/Test/GenerateNormalsTest.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ struct GenerateNormalsTest: TestSuite::Tester {
     void smoothOutOfBounds();
     void smoothIntoWrongSize();
 
+    template<class T> void smoothErased();
+    void smoothErasedNonContiguous();
+    void smoothErasedWrongIndexSize();
+
     void benchmarkFlat();
     void benchmarkSmooth();
 };
@@ -83,7 +87,13 @@ GenerateNormalsTest::GenerateNormalsTest() {
               &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothNanPosition,
               &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothWrongCount,
               &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothOutOfBounds,
-              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothIntoWrongSize});
+              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothIntoWrongSize,
+
+              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErased<UnsignedByte>,
+              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErased<UnsignedShort>,
+              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErased<UnsignedInt>,
+              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErasedNonContiguous,
+              &GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErasedWrongIndexSize});
 
     addBenchmarks({&GenerateNormalsTest::benchmarkFlat,
                    &GenerateNormalsTest::benchmarkSmooth}, 150);
@@ -425,6 +435,45 @@ void GenerateNormalsTest::benchmarkSmooth() {
     CORRADE_COMPARE(Math::min(normals), (Vector3{-0.996072f, -0.997808f, -0.996072f}));
 }
 
+template<class T> void GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErased() {
+    setTestCaseTemplateName(Math::TypeTraits<T>::name());
+
+    const T indices[]{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
+
+    /* Should generate the same output as flat normals */
+    CORRADE_COMPARE_AS(generateSmoothNormals(Containers::arrayCast<2, const char>(Containers::stridedArrayView(indices)), TwoTriangles),
+        Containers::arrayView<Vector3>({
+            Vector3::zAxis(),
+            Vector3::zAxis(),
+            Vector3::zAxis(),
+            -Vector3::zAxis(),
+            -Vector3::zAxis(),
+            -Vector3::zAxis()
+        }), TestSuite::Compare::Container);
+}
+
+void GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErasedNonContiguous() {
+    const char indices[6*4]{};
+    const Vector3 positions[3];
+
+    std::stringstream out;
+    Error redirectError{&out};
+    generateSmoothNormals(Containers::StridedArrayView2D<const char>{indices, {6, 2}, {4, 2}}, positions);
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(out.str(),
+        "MeshTools::generateSmoothNormalsInto(): second index view dimension is not contiguous\n");
+}
+
+void GenerateNormalsTest::smoothErasedWrongIndexSize() {
+    const char indices[6*3]{};
+    const Vector3 positions[3];
+
+    std::stringstream out;
+    Error redirectError{&out};
+    generateSmoothNormals(Containers::StridedArrayView2D<const char>{indices, {6, 3}}.every(2), positions);
+    CORRADE_COMPARE(out.str(),
+        "MeshTools::generateSmoothNormalsInto(): expected index type size 1, 2 or 4 but got 3\n");
+}
+
 }}}}
 
 CORRADE_TEST_MAIN(Magnum::MeshTools::Test::GenerateNormalsTest)