diff --git a/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc b/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc
index 7c77c4392c639aad63923f28d6ed6bdb2ab4a55e..d582c4d0039129bc179625250943232261209cd1 100644
--- a/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc
+++ b/dune/common/test/fvectortest.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ struct FieldVectorMainTest
 
     std::cout << __func__ << "\t ( " << className(v) << " )" << std::endl;
 
+    // test exported types
+    static_assert(
+      Dune::is_same<ft,typename FieldVector<ft,d>::value_type>::value,
+      "FieldVector::value_type is not the correct type"
+    );
+
     // test traits
     static_assert(
       ( Dune::is_same< typename Dune::FieldTraits<