diff --git a/dumux/implicit/common/implicitvelocityoutput.hh b/dumux/implicit/common/implicitvelocityoutput.hh
index 7eb0d5416050d30721be6371595c8aa67cd51104..36157e3a937ea892c4548d20430749da75b59722 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/common/implicitvelocityoutput.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/common/implicitvelocityoutput.hh
@@ -24,11 +24,20 @@
 #ifndef DUMUX_IMPLICIT_VELOCITYOUTPUT_HH
 #define DUMUX_IMPLICIT_VELOCITYOUTPUT_HH
 
+#include "implicitproperties.hh"
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <dune/istl/bvector.hh>
+#include <dune/common/fvector.hh>
 
 namespace Dumux
 {
 
+//At the moment this property is defined in the individual models -> should be changed
+namespace Properties
+{
+    NEW_PROP_TAG(VtkAddVelocity); //!< Returns whether velocity vectors are written into the vtk output
+}
+
 template<class TypeTag>
 class ImplicitVelocityOutput
 {