diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/model.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/model.hh
index 787d9bb9792b630385b106ca58a1f286cf4bbfa2..f08140354627b3875a6b18a311c56f245eb15dda 100644
--- a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/model.hh
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/model.hh
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 #include "volumevariables.hh"
 #include "iofields.hh"
 #include "localresidual.hh"
+#include "velocityoutput.hh"
 
 namespace Dumux {
 
@@ -217,6 +218,15 @@ public:
     using type = RichardsIOFields<enableWaterDiffusionInAir>;
 };
 
+template<class TypeTag>
+struct VelocityOutput<TypeTag, TTag::Richards>
+{
+    using type = RichardsVelocityOutput<
+        GetPropType<TypeTag, Properties::GridVariables>,
+        GetPropType<TypeTag, Properties::FluxVariables>
+    >;
+};
+
 //! The model traits
 template<class TypeTag>
 struct ModelTraits<TypeTag, TTag::Richards> { using type = RichardsModelTraits<getPropValue<TypeTag, Properties::EnableWaterDiffusionInAir>()>; };
diff --git a/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/velocityoutput.hh b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/velocityoutput.hh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb1940837821d449787aee543b49cf543e2f6039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dumux/porousmediumflow/richards/velocityoutput.hh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
+// vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *   See the file COPYING for full copying permissions.                      *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or       *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                     *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the            *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                            *
+ *                                                                           *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       *
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*!
+ * \file
+ * \ingroup PorousmediumflowModels
+ * \brief Velocity output for the Richards model.
+ */
+
+#ifndef DUMUX_POROUSMEDIUMFLOW_RICHARDS_VELOCITYOUTPUT_HH
+#define DUMUX_POROUSMEDIUMFLOW_RICHARDS_VELOCITYOUTPUT_HH
+
+#include <dumux/porousmediumflow/velocityoutput.hh>
+
+namespace Dumux {
+
+/*!
+ * \ingroup PorousmediumflowModels
+ * \brief Velocity output policy for the Richards model.
+ */
+template<class GridVariables, class FluxVariables>
+class RichardsVelocityOutput : public PorousMediumFlowVelocityOutput<GridVariables, FluxVariables>
+{
+    using ParentType = PorousMediumFlowVelocityOutput<GridVariables, FluxVariables>;
+
+public:
+    using ParentType::ParentType;
+
+    //! Returns the number of phases.
+    int numFluidPhases() const override { return 1; }
+
+};
+
+} // end namespace Dumux
+
+#endif
diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/CMakeLists.txt b/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/CMakeLists.txt
index 916672671fe8559b14c3cdef25e1f8eede25f106..f9b13e83e4e2fbd46cd45469736e8b7d19ce3b91 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dumux_add_test(NAME test_richardsni_conduction_box
               SOURCES main.cc
               COMPILE_DEFINITIONS TYPETAG=RichardsNIConductionBox
               COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/testing/runtest.py
-              CMD_ARGS --script fuzzy
+              CMD_ARGS --script fuzzy --zeroThreshold {"velocity_liq \(m/s\)":1e-16}
                        --files ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test/references/test_richardsni_conduction_box-reference.vtu
                                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_richardsni_conduction_box-00024.vtu
                        --command "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_richardsni_conduction_box params.input -Problem.Name test_richardsni_conduction_box")
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dumux_add_test(NAME test_richardsni_conduction_tpfa
               SOURCES main.cc
               COMPILE_DEFINITIONS TYPETAG=RichardsNIConductionCC
               COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/testing/runtest.py
-              CMD_ARGS --script fuzzy
+              CMD_ARGS --script fuzzy --zeroThreshold {"velocity_liq \(m/s\)":1e-16}
                        --files ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test/references/test_richardsni_conduction_tpfa-reference.vtu
                                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_richardsni_conduction_tpfa-00024.vtu
                        --command "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_richardsni_conduction_tpfa params.input -Problem.Name test_richardsni_conduction_tpfa")
diff --git a/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/params.input b/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/params.input
index 03be824f3d4e5aca0fac79c1d6da022cd2431b91..ca2b3f6cb66e8db2d5ac608c2120481ba392a312 100644
--- a/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/params.input
+++ b/test/porousmediumflow/richards/nonisothermal/conduction/params.input
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ Swr = 0.05
 Snr = 0.0
 VanGenuchtenAlpha = 0.0037
 VanGenuchtenN = 4.7
+
+[Vtk]
+AddVelocity = true
diff --git a/test/references/test_richardsni_conduction_box-reference.vtu b/test/references/test_richardsni_conduction_box-reference.vtu
index 8ee8e4fcd8bcbaf476223a64faf8041f5c6be74f..a822b334c890d16e693f22fb7270a20c62879430 100644
--- a/test/references/test_richardsni_conduction_box-reference.vtu
+++ b/test/references/test_richardsni_conduction_box-reference.vtu
@@ -435,6 +435,109 @@
           0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
           0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
         </DataArray>
+        <DataArray type="Float32" Name="velocity_liq (m/s)" NumberOfComponents="3" format="ascii">
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+          -1.03178e-09 3.46407e-18 0 -1.03178e-09 3.46407e-18 0 -1.00245e-09 1.10487e-18 0 -1.00245e-09 1.10487e-18 0
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