A circuit for setting the operating point of a BGR circuit is disclosed. In the circuit, a voltage comparator (P5, P6, I3) compares the output voltage of an operational amplifier of the BGR circuit with the voltage dropping across an auxiliary circuit branch (R5, D3). The auxiliary circuit branch (R5, D3) resembles the arrangement of a circuit branch (R3, D1) of the BGR circuit, and a current source (P8) generates as a function of the result of the comparison a setting current that is fed into an input of the operational amplifier.