diff --git a/dune/matrix-vector/singlenonzerocolumnmatrix.hh b/dune/matrix-vector/singlenonzerocolumnmatrix.hh
index e6d1432cd0b14c22885077b2b06b848a7ba90f80..a2c1c15df8305ed5620d388e56df0814edb1177a 100644
--- a/dune/matrix-vector/singlenonzerocolumnmatrix.hh
+++ b/dune/matrix-vector/singlenonzerocolumnmatrix.hh
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class SingleNonZeroColumnMatrix
     };
 
 public:
+    enum { rows = ROWS, cols = COLS};
+
     typedef RowProxy row_type;
     typedef row_type const_row_reference;
     typedef typename std::size_t size_type;