diff --git a/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesmodel.hh b/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesmodel.hh
index 57ac51aebfca24e0ddd8154b1d173a5352871220..d834f812e61f0b26500d5f1bcd86be71c3e736ee 100644
--- a/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesmodel.hh
+++ b/dumux/freeflow/stokes/stokesmodel.hh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Dumux
  * (box) scheme in space and by the implicit Euler method in time.
  */
 template<class TypeTag>
-class StokesModel : public BoxModel<TypeTag>
+class StokesModel : public GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, BaseModel)
 {
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, Scalar) Scalar;
     typedef typename GET_PROP_TYPE(TypeTag, GridView) GridView;