diff --git a/MathLib/TemplatePoint.h b/MathLib/TemplatePoint.h
index 644d43706c90a3d0ce96a77fed154a646ac0aee1..a1831f748699eaea8a325faf3d20773140b9e8a9 100644
--- a/MathLib/TemplatePoint.h
+++ b/MathLib/TemplatePoint.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public:
         return _x.data();
     }
 
+    T* getCoords() { return _x.data(); }
+
     /** write point coordinates into stream (used from operator<<)
      * \param os a standard output stream
      */