diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh
index 0ad3d7a0d838b7b268d442c334ec911764b64cb9..af880708d308dcbb80b1c012cc811cb8b3c11b9f 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp1mapper.hh
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ namespace Dune {
       return localGlobalMap_.find(localIndex)->second;
     }
 
+    template <class Entity>
+    bool contains(const Entity& entity, uint i, uint codim, Index& result) const
+    {
+      if (codim != GridView::dimension)
+        return false;
+      result = subIndex(entity,i,codim);
+      return true;
+    }
+
     Index localIndex(const int& globalIndex) const {
       return globalLocalMap_.find(globalIndex)->second;
     }
diff --git a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
index 5dc676b5127855ca66d0da95dfa9577383a2e8cd..789ad77f603bf10a6316d819608b01e891f2b948 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/parallel/globalp2mapper.hh
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ namespace Dune {
       return localGlobalMap_.find(localIndex)->second;
     }
 
+    template <class Entity>
+    bool contains(const Entity& entity, uint i, uint codim, Index& result) const
+    {
+      Index localIndex;
+      if (not p2Mapper_.contains(entity, i, codim,localIndex))
+        return false;
+      result = localGlobalMap_.find(localIndex)->second;
+      return true;
+    }
+
     Index localIndex(const int& globalIndex) const {
       return globalLocalMap_.find(globalIndex)->second;
     }