diff --git a/dumux/io/vtk/vtkreader.hh b/dumux/io/vtk/vtkreader.hh
index 55c4b4521388e35c68920e31bf7962ccb44aa2f1..32561f138d3078dc89ba3b8430512fb31a9ba6a5 100644
--- a/dumux/io/vtk/vtkreader.hh
+++ b/dumux/io/vtk/vtkreader.hh
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ private:
             case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::line: return Dune::GeometryTypes::line;
             case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::triangle: return Dune::GeometryTypes::triangle;
             case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::quadrilateral: return Dune::GeometryTypes::quadrilateral;
+            case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::tetrahedron: return Dune::GeometryTypes::tetrahedron;
             case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::hexahedron: return Dune::GeometryTypes::hexahedron;
             case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::prism: return Dune::GeometryTypes::prism;
             case Dune::VTK::GeometryType::pyramid: return Dune::GeometryTypes::pyramid;