diff --git a/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh b/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh
index 0b57dfe49a570bc0c6188a59d7f9085220b37fcb..07354203943451948fce4721d5b9dd706ee05122 100644
--- a/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh
+++ b/dune/elasticity/materials/geomexactstvenantkirchhoffmaterial.hh
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ public:
         nu_(nu)
     {}
 
-    void setMaterialParameter(ctype E, ctype nu)
+    void getMaterialParameters(ctype& E, ctype& nu)
+    {
+        E = E_;
+        nu = nu_;
+    }
+
+
+    void setMaterialParameters(ctype E, ctype nu)
     {
         E_ = E;
         nu_ = nu;