diff --git a/src/Vector/vector_dist_subset.hpp b/src/Vector/vector_dist_subset.hpp
index e2ac7e2402eb47a28dea4f28036fe475fc5e989f..dec6e94641b98e0b006c5c4ea566fc8578e62b7e 100644
--- a/src/Vector/vector_dist_subset.hpp
+++ b/src/Vector/vector_dist_subset.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class vector_dist_ws : public vector_dist<dim,St,typename AggregateAppend<int,pr
         this->template getProp<flag_prop::value>(key) = sub_id;
     }
 
+    int getSubset(vect_dist_key_dx key)
+    {
+        return this->template getProp<flag_prop::value>(key);
+    }
+
     void ghost_get_subset()
     {
         this->template ghost_get<flag_prop::value>(NO_POSITION | SKIP_LABELLING);