diff --git a/dumux/assembly/staggeredfvassembler.hh b/dumux/assembly/staggeredfvassembler.hh
index 9f0f847fc91a8750de15a65e7ebfa4d41502be1e..4b144c880197922f9fdd7d743eae951f8da9f7a7 100644
--- a/dumux/assembly/staggeredfvassembler.hh
+++ b/dumux/assembly/staggeredfvassembler.hh
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ public:
     const LocalResidual& localResidual() const
     { return localResidual_; }
 
+    bool isStationaryProblem() const
+    { return stationary_; }
+
 private:
     //! reset the residual to 0.0
     void resetResidual_()