diff --git a/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh b/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh
index 82a00de5a63b51d4c9f8751b9bf43b51ab2da6ff..0b57dfe49a570bc0c6188a59d7f9085220b37fcb 100644
--- a/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh
+++ b/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ public:
         nu_(nu)
     {}
 
+    void setMaterialParameter(ctype E, ctype nu)
+    {
+        E_ = E;
+        nu_ = nu;
+    }
+
     void setup(ctype E, ctype nu, const Basis& basis)
     {
         E_ = E;