diff --git a/src/pair_hybrid.cpp b/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
index 1493a8e165..a2aa82fe0e 100644
--- a/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
+++ b/src/pair_hybrid.cpp
@@ -605,6 +605,15 @@ double PairHybrid::init_one(int i, int j)
   return cutmax;
 }
 
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+   invoke setup for each sub-style
+------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void PairHybrid::setup()
+{
+  for (int m = 0; m < nstyles; m++) styles[m]->setup();
+}
+
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    combine sub-style neigh list requests and create new ones if needed
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/pair_hybrid.h b/src/pair_hybrid.h
index 1be07d1efe..006c70664a 100644
--- a/src/pair_hybrid.h
+++ b/src/pair_hybrid.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class PairHybrid : public Pair {
   virtual void coeff(int, char **);
   void init_style();
   double init_one(int, int);
+  void setup();
   void write_restart(FILE *);
   void read_restart(FILE *);
   double single(int, int, int, int, double, double, double, double &);