diff --git a/src/Vector/vector_dist_comm.hpp b/src/Vector/vector_dist_comm.hpp
index 87f1fcd4a2041e2c0deb1c3999359df5deb5d617..4ec0a7c91598dd2eca957d596cf98a4c32364692 100644
--- a/src/Vector/vector_dist_comm.hpp
+++ b/src/Vector/vector_dist_comm.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define V_SUB_UNIT_FACTOR 64
 
 #define SKIP_LABELLING 512
+#define KEEP_PROPERTIES 512
 
 #define NO_POSITION 1
 #define WITH_POSITION 2