diff --git a/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh b/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh
index 18d9ea09d99f06b744e7ca645034de9e303a1797..4b1ecdcb2c7cd25f109d8f504d5d35cb14b19320 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/cosseratenergystiffness.hh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <dune/grid/common/quadraturerules.hh>
 
 #include <dune/fufem/functions/virtualgridfunction.hh>
+#include <dune/fufem/boundarypatch.hh>
 
 #include "localgeodesicfestiffness.hh"
 #include "localgeodesicfefunction.hh"