diff --git a/include/seqan3/range/views/kmer_hash.hpp b/include/seqan3/range/views/kmer_hash.hpp
index 08bc0f8d87..ee16e13136 100644
--- a/include/seqan3/range/views/kmer_hash.hpp
+++ b/include/seqan3/range/views/kmer_hash.hpp
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class kmer_hash_view<urng_t>::shape_iterator
     //!\brief Reference to `value_type`.
     using reference = value_type;
     //!\brief Tag this class as input iterator.
-    using iterator_category = std::input_iterator_tag;
+    using iterator_category = typename std::iterator_traits<it_t>::iterator_category;
     //!\brief Tag this class depending on which concept `it_t` models.
     using iterator_concept = std::conditional_t<std::contiguous_iterator<it_t>,
                                                  typename std::random_access_iterator_tag,