diff --git a/dumux/discretization/basefvgridgeometry.hh b/dumux/discretization/basefvgridgeometry.hh
index 4a6a378a5f71950926e46803f9b245295f427427..45bad97574d87660dca0d4d95dbbea7fbc121fe0 100644
--- a/dumux/discretization/basefvgridgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/discretization/basefvgridgeometry.hh
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class BaseFVGridGeometry
     using Element = typename GV::template Codim<0>::Entity;
 
 public:
+    //! export the grid type
+    using Grid = typename GV::Grid;
     //! export the grid view type
     using GridView = GV;
     //! export the global coordinate type