diff --git a/dumux/multidomain/traits.hh b/dumux/multidomain/traits.hh
index 834679cca0f0ce24d36db572765d2095064cfea1..f8b1770c717af4324ccd02c6c1ca63bfb82e418b 100644
--- a/dumux/multidomain/traits.hh
+++ b/dumux/multidomain/traits.hh
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ public:
 
     //! the tuple of grid variables
     using GridVariablesTuple = typename makeFromIndexedType<std::tuple, SubDomainGridVariables, Indices>::type;
+
+    //! convenience alias to create tuple from type
+    template<template<std::size_t> class T>
+    using MakeTuple = typename makeFromIndexedType<std::tuple, T, Indices>::type;
 };
 
 } //end namespace Dumux