diff --git a/dune/gfe/embeddedglobalgfefunction.hh b/dune/gfe/embeddedglobalgfefunction.hh
index cc79ec3e6acb053cddfaa9420c08940609b216f5..3bad3c1d3c634fe09120012245ec2c30138fe4bb 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/embeddedglobalgfefunction.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/embeddedglobalgfefunction.hh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <dune/common/fvector.hh>
 #include <dune/common/fmatrix.hh>
 
+#include <dune/fufem/functions/virtualgridfunction.hh>
+
 namespace Dune {
 
   namespace GFE {