diff --git a/src/cxx/Context.cpp b/src/cxx/Context.cpp
index 6e83088..9281c74 100644
--- a/src/cxx/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/cxx/Context.cpp
@@ -214,4 +214,8 @@ bool Context::auto_distrib(ObjectType distrib_over_this,
   return (selected != 0);
 }
 
+void Context::barrier() const {
+  QUO_CXX_HANDLE_ERROR(QUO_barrier(m_impl->ctx));
+}
+
 } /* namespace quo */