diff --git a/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh b/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh
index 7c4a7c44bbaea32a0ac19f494f2fa1f605e75467..50f3f32c71f4b8d901d3dfd1605727fa6aee2585 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/iterationsteps/multigridstep.hh
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 #include "lineariterationstep.hh"
 
+namespace Dune {
+
+  namespace Solvers {
+
 /** \brief A linear multigrid step */
     template<
         class MatrixType,
@@ -228,6 +232,14 @@
         bool preprocessCalled;
     };
 
+  }   // namespace Solvers
+
+}   // namespace Dune
+
+
+// For backward compatibility: will be removed eventually
+using Dune::Solvers::MultigridStep;
+
 #include "multigridstep.cc"
 
 #endif