diff --git a/dune/solvers/norms/norm.hh b/dune/solvers/norms/norm.hh
index 322e8d43d9c70a6b1c45bc14c87e9c87b221e187..80d03d6b96102eadd702e9e5e3236ddbb5965738 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/norms/norm.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/norms/norm.hh
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #define NORM_HH
 
 //! Abstract base for classes computing norms of discrete functions
-template <class VectorType>
+template <class V>
 class Norm {
 
     public:
+        typedef V VectorType;
 
         /** \brief Destructor, doing nothing */
         virtual ~Norm() {};