diff --git a/opm/material/common/MathToolbox.hpp b/opm/material/common/MathToolbox.hpp
index a469e95b4..bfc2cc2e3 100644
--- a/opm/material/common/MathToolbox.hpp
+++ b/opm/material/common/MathToolbox.hpp
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ public:
     static Scalar exp(Scalar arg)
     { return std::exp(arg); }
 
+    //! The 10 logarithm of a value
+    static Scalar log10(Scalar arg)
+    { return std::log10(arg); }
+
     //! The natural logarithm of a value
     static Scalar log(Scalar arg)
     { return std::log(arg); }
@@ -319,6 +323,10 @@ template <class Evaluation>
 Evaluation log(const Evaluation& value)
 { return Opm::MathToolbox<Evaluation>::log(value); }
 
+template <class Evaluation>
+Evaluation log10(const Evaluation& value)
+{ return Opm::MathToolbox<Evaluation>::log10(value); }
+
 template <class Evaluation1, class Evaluation2>
 typename ReturnEval_<Evaluation1, Evaluation2>::type
 pow(const Evaluation1& base, const Evaluation2& exp)
diff --git a/opm/material/densead/Math.hpp b/opm/material/densead/Math.hpp
index 871d067a1..78d8e9d66 100644
--- a/opm/material/densead/Math.hpp
+++ b/opm/material/densead/Math.hpp
@@ -399,6 +399,24 @@ Evaluation<ValueType, numVars, staticSize> log(const Evaluation<ValueType, numVa
     return result;
 }
 
+
+template <class ValueType, int numVars, unsigned staticSize>
+Evaluation<ValueType, numVars, staticSize> log10(const Evaluation<ValueType, numVars, staticSize>& x)
+{
+    typedef MathToolbox<ValueType> ValueTypeToolbox;
+
+    Evaluation<ValueType, numVars, staticSize> result(x);
+
+    result.setValue(ValueTypeToolbox::log10(x.value()));
+
+    // derivatives use the chain rule
+    const ValueType& df_dx = 1/x.value() * ValueTypeToolbox::log10(ValueTypeToolbox::exp(1.0));
+    for (int curVarIdx = 0; curVarIdx < result.size(); ++curVarIdx)
+        result.setDerivative(curVarIdx, df_dx*x.derivative(curVarIdx));
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 } // namespace DenseAd
 
 // a kind of traits class for the automatic differentiation case. (The toolbox for the
@@ -513,6 +531,9 @@ public:
     static Evaluation log(const Evaluation& arg)
     { return Opm::DenseAd::log(arg); }
 
+    static Evaluation log10(const Evaluation& arg)
+    { return Opm::DenseAd::log10(arg); }
+
     template <class RhsValueType>
     static Evaluation pow(const Evaluation& arg1, const RhsValueType& arg2)
     { return Opm::DenseAd::pow(arg1, arg2); }
diff --git a/tests/test_densead.cpp b/tests/test_densead.cpp
index c11f07db0..bf26df19f 100644
--- a/tests/test_densead.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_densead.cpp
@@ -572,6 +572,11 @@ struct TestEnvBase
                        static_cast<Scalar (*)(Scalar)>(std::log),
                        1e-6, 1e9);
 
+        std::cout << "  Testing log10()\n";
+        test1DFunction(Opm::DenseAd::log10<Scalar, numVars, staticSize>,
+                       static_cast<Scalar (*)(Scalar)>(std::log10),
+                       1e-6, 1e9);
+
         while (false) {
             Scalar val1 OPM_UNUSED = 0.0;
             Scalar val2 OPM_UNUSED = 1.0;
@@ -622,6 +627,8 @@ struct TestEnvBase
             resultEval = Opm::sqrt(eval1);
             resultEval = Opm::exp(eval1);
             resultEval = Opm::log(eval1);
+            resultEval = Opm::log10(eval1);
+
         }
     }