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diff --git a/Source/FieldSolver/FiniteDifferenceSolver/FiniteDifferenceAlgorithms/CartesianYeeAlgorithm.H b/Source/FieldSolver/FiniteDifferenceSolver/FiniteDifferenceAlgorithms/CartesianYeeAlgorithm.H
index ca605a384..4fd76a699 100644
--- a/Source/FieldSolver/FiniteDifferenceSolver/FiniteDifferenceAlgorithms/CartesianYeeAlgorithm.H
+++ b/Source/FieldSolver/FiniteDifferenceSolver/FiniteDifferenceAlgorithms/CartesianYeeAlgorithm.H
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ struct CartesianYeeAlgorithm {
     }
 
     /**
+     * \brief Returns maximum number of guard cells required by the field-solve
+     */
+    static amrex::IntVect GetMaxGuardCell () {
+        // The yee solver requires one guard cell in each dimension
+        return (amrex::IntVect(AMREX_D_DECL(1,1,1)));
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Perform derivative along x on a cell-centered grid, from a nodal field `F`*/
     AMREX_GPU_HOST_DEVICE AMREX_FORCE_INLINE
     static amrex::Real UpwardDx (