diff --git a/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp b/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
index 559902e77..e346e2fbb 100644
--- a/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ namespace storm {
             // If there is no current row grouping, we need to create it.
             if (!this->rowGroupIndices) {
                 STORM_LOG_ASSERT(trivialRowGrouping, "Only trivial row-groupings can be constructed on-the-fly.");
-                this->rowGroupIndices = storm::utility::vector::buildVectorForRange(0, this->getRowGroupCount() + 1);
+                this->rowGroupIndices = storm::utility::vector::buildVectorForRange(static_cast<index_type>(0), this->getRowGroupCount() + 1);
             }
             return rowGroupIndices.get();
         }
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ namespace storm {
         template<typename ValueType>
         void SparseMatrix<ValueType>::makeRowGroupingTrivial() {
             if (trivialRowGrouping) {
-                STORM_LOG_ASSERT(!rowGroupIndices || rowGroupIndices.get() == storm::utility::vector::buildVectorForRange(0, this->getRowGroupCount() + 1), "Row grouping is supposed to be trivial but actually it is not.");
+                STORM_LOG_ASSERT(!rowGroupIndices || rowGroupIndices.get() == storm::utility::vector::buildVectorForRange(static_cast<index_type>(0), this->getRowGroupCount() + 1), "Row grouping is supposed to be trivial but actually it is not.");
             } else {
                 trivialRowGrouping = true;
                 rowGroupIndices = boost::none;
diff --git a/src/storm/utility/vector.h b/src/storm/utility/vector.h
index 6d3c1d281..53e89cacc 100644
--- a/src/storm/utility/vector.h
+++ b/src/storm/utility/vector.h
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ namespace storm {
             /*!
              * Constructs a vector [min, min+1, ...., max-1]
              */
-            inline std::vector<uint_fast64_t> buildVectorForRange(uint_fast64_t min, uint_fast64_t max) {
-                STORM_LOG_ASSERT(min < max, "Invalid range.");
-                uint_fast64_t diff = max - min;
-                std::vector<uint_fast64_t> v;
+            template<typename T>
+            inline std::vector<T> buildVectorForRange(T min, T max) {
+                STORM_LOG_ASSERT(min <= max, "Invalid range.");
+                T diff = max - min;
+                std::vector<T> v;
                 v.reserve(diff);
                 iota_n(std::back_inserter(v), diff, min);
                 return v;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ namespace storm {
              */
             template<typename T>
             std::vector<uint_fast64_t> getSortedIndices(std::vector<T> const& v){
-                std::vector<uint_fast64_t> res = buildVectorForRange(0, v.size());
+                std::vector<uint_fast64_t> res = buildVectorForRange<uint_fast64_t>(0, v.size());
                 std::sort(res.begin(), res.end(), [&v](uint_fast64_t index1, uint_fast64_t index2) { return v[index1] > v[index2];});
                 return res;
             }