diff --git a/libsrc/include/nginterface_v2.hpp b/libsrc/include/nginterface_v2.hpp
index 0317022f..32c4e16f 100644
--- a/libsrc/include/nginterface_v2.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/include/nginterface_v2.hpp
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ namespace netgen
      bool build_searchtrees = false, 
      int * const indices = NULL, int numind = 0) const;
     
+
+    std::tuple<int,int*> GetDistantProcs (int nodetype, int locnum) const;
+
     shared_ptr<Mesh> SelectMesh () const;
   };
 
diff --git a/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp b/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp
index 20538d01..6e6724f4 100644
--- a/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/interface/nginterface_v2.cpp
@@ -660,6 +660,31 @@ namespace netgen
   }
 
 
+  
+  std::tuple<int,int*>  Ngx_Mesh :: GetDistantProcs (int nodetype, int locnum) const
+  {
+    
+    switch (nodetype)
+      {
+      case 0:
+	{
+	  FlatArray<int> dn = mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantPNums(locnum);
+	  return std::tuple<int,int*>(dn.Size(), &dn[0]);
+	}
+      case 1:
+	{
+	  FlatArray<int> dn = mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantEdgeNums(locnum);
+	  return std::tuple<int,int*>(dn.Size(), &dn[0]);
+	}
+      case 2:
+	{
+	  FlatArray<int> dn = mesh->GetParallelTopology().GetDistantFaceNums(locnum);
+	  return std::tuple<int,int*>(dn.Size(), &dn[0]);
+	}
+      default:
+	return std::tuple<int,int*>(0,nullptr);
+      }
+  }
 
 }
 
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/Makefile.am b/libsrc/meshing/Makefile.am
index 88549516..8e0705fc 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/Makefile.am
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/Makefile.am
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ libmesh_la_SOURCES = adfront2.cpp adfront3.cpp bisect.cpp boundarylayer.cpp \
 libmesh_la_LIBADD =  $(top_builddir)/libsrc/linalg/libla.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/libsrc/gprim/libgprim.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/libsrc/general/libgen.la \
-	-lz
+	-lz  $(MPI_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp
index a12d60cf..cb4b41ab 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/paralleltop.hpp
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ namespace netgen
       distedgenums = loc2distedge[locedgenum-1];
     } 
 
+    FlatArray<int> GetDistantPNums (int locnum) const { return loc2distvert[locnum]; }
+    FlatArray<int> GetDistantFaceNums (int locnum) const { return loc2distface[locnum]; }
+    FlatArray<int> GetDistantEdgeNums (int locnum) const { return loc2distedge[locnum]; }
+
     bool IsExchangeVert (int dest, int vnum) const
     {
       return loc2distvert[vnum-1].Contains (dest);