diff --git a/dune/alugrid/src/alugrid_parallel.cc b/dune/alugrid/src/alugrid_parallel.cc
index fcc3cb0a1a655759ac62ab9753e9a373f39b6286..b822c7766384fb8b312d3bc43f34c632ab5e7015 100644
--- a/dune/alugrid/src/alugrid_parallel.cc
+++ b/dune/alugrid/src/alugrid_parallel.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 
+namespace ALUGridSpace {
 // sfc stuff 
 #include "parallel/alusfc.hh"
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 // ParMETIS stuff 
 #include "parallel/aluparmetis.hh"
+}
 
 #ifdef COUNT_ALUGRID_FLOPS
 #define double Double