diff --git a/dune/perftool/common/vectorclass.hh b/dune/perftool/common/vectorclass.hh
index 8208d0a16802eb2f91f2b0a0cdb90f0431995b23..fda6569630599b3ae1946beba87d4496f4177a7a 100644
--- a/dune/perftool/common/vectorclass.hh
+++ b/dune/perftool/common/vectorclass.hh
@@ -699,6 +699,24 @@ struct Vec8d
     BARRIER;
   }
 
+  Vec4d get_low() const
+  {
+    BARRIER;
+    Vec4d ret;
+    ret.load(&d);
+    BARRIER;
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  Vec4d get_low() const
+  {
+    BARRIER;
+    Vec4d ret;
+    ret.load(&d + 4);
+    BARRIER;
+    return ret;
+  }
+
   Vec8d& load(const F* p)
   {
     BARRIER;