diff --git a/Grid.h b/Grid.h
index caa4ed5e..a0989e0b 100644
--- a/Grid.h
+++ b/Grid.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 namespace Grid {
 
   void Grid_init(int *argc,char ***argv);
+  void Grid_finalize(void);
   double usecond(void);
   void Grid_sa_signal_handler(int sig,siginfo_t *si,void * ptr);
   void Grid_debug_handler_init(void);
diff --git a/Grid_init.cc b/Grid_init.cc
index 3a601209..9e8b8b96 100755
--- a/Grid_init.cc
+++ b/Grid_init.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ void Grid_init(int *argc,char ***argv)
 #endif
   Grid_debug_handler_init();
 }
+void Grid_finalize(void)
+{
+#ifdef GRID_COMMS_MPI
+  MPI_Finalize();
+#endif
+}
 double usecond(void) {
   struct timeval tv;
   gettimeofday(&tv,NULL);