diff --git a/src/mesh/Connectivity.hpp b/src/mesh/Connectivity.hpp
index 3c0405952f8254344b518e6a4ef72fe5fb0bb2b3..1a445be0dd9051d739417261d133cdccb91180e0 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Connectivity.hpp
+++ b/src/mesh/Connectivity.hpp
@@ -310,6 +310,11 @@ class Connectivity final
   }
 
  public:
+  PASTIS_INLINE
+  const CellValue<const CellType>& cellType() const
+  {
+    return m_cell_type;
+  };
 
   PASTIS_INLINE
   const bool& isConnectivityMatrixBuilt(const ItemType& item_type_0,