diff --git a/src/TNL/DistributedContainers/Subrange.h b/src/TNL/DistributedContainers/Subrange.h
index 8cff45b495e280080252a496c76b69a32705932f..1512bd2eea3610127a8ed4d132662f790e2e566d 100644
--- a/src/TNL/DistributedContainers/Subrange.h
+++ b/src/TNL/DistributedContainers/Subrange.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <ostream>
+
 #include <TNL/Assert.h>
 #include <TNL/String.h>
 #include <TNL/param-types.h>
@@ -119,5 +121,12 @@ protected:
    Index end = 0;
 };
 
+// due to formatting in TNL::Assert
+template< typename Index >
+std::ostream& operator<<( std::ostream& str, const Subrange< Index >& range )
+{
+   return str << Subrange< Index >::getType() << "( " << range.getBegin() << ", " << range.getEnd() << " )";
+}
+
 } // namespace DistributedContainers
 } // namespace TNL