diff --git a/AMDiS/src/FixVec.h b/AMDiS/src/FixVec.h
index 1ece3d9a2993b8b773e232378ac72e20c4ce46c4..3919f0c67d76b98c0a5cf9e1133c37507fcda9a6 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/FixVec.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/FixVec.h
@@ -529,6 +529,14 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     return v * d;
   }
 
+  template<typename T>
+  WorldVector<T> operator/(const WorldVector<T>& v, double d)
+  {
+    WorldVector<T> result = v;
+    result = 1./d*v;
+    return result;
+  }
+
   template<typename T>
   WorldVector<T> operator+(const WorldVector<T>& v1,
 			   const WorldVector<T>& v2)