An auxiliary handle is disclosed. The auxiliary handle has a frame-shaped grip which has a grip bar for gripping by a user, a crossbar, and two flanks connecting the grip bar to the crossbar. A loop-shaped clamping element is fastened to the crossbar for placing on a neck of a handheld machine tool. A clamping mechanism serves for clamping the element about the neck of the handheld machine tool. The frame-shaped grip has a frame-shaped base body molded from a first plastic, which has a solid body joint in each of the regions of the flanks. A casing made from a second plastic encloses the fame-shaped base body in the region of the grip bar and the solid body joints.