diff --git a/dune/solvers/common/resize.hh b/dune/solvers/common/resize.hh
index 4a369e4895ec6a2ca367db36aaa53651e56d7e11..88a7e6ac33479e367bfdc6568502421118caa4a2 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/common/resize.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/common/resize.hh
@@ -30,6 +30,27 @@ void resizeInitialize(Vector& x, const Vector& y, Value&& value)
     x = value;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Resize and initialization vector to match size of given vector
+ *
+ * \param x Vector to resize
+ * \param y Model for resizing
+ * \param value Value to use for initialization
+ *
+ * This will resize the given vector x to match
+ * the size of the given vector and assign the given
+ * value to it.
+ */
+template<int size, class Alloc, class Vector, class Value>
+void resizeInitialize(Dune::BitSetVector<size, Alloc>& x, const Vector& y, Value&& value)
+{
+    x.resize(y.size());
+    if (value)
+      x.setAll();
+    else
+      x.unsetAll();
+}
+
 /**
  * \brief Resize and initialization vector to match size of given vector
  *