diff --git a/examples/alpaka/nbody_vc/nbody.cpp b/examples/alpaka/nbody_vc/nbody.cpp
index 1d8a84105c..38adefc3c1 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/nbody_vc/nbody.cpp
+++ b/examples/alpaka/nbody_vc/nbody.cpp
@@ -109,11 +109,16 @@ inline constexpr auto canUseVcWithMapping = false;
 template <typename ArrayDomain, typename DatumDomain, typename Linearize, std::size_t Elems>
 inline constexpr auto canUseVcWithMapping<llama::mapping::SoA<ArrayDomain, DatumDomain, Linearize>, Elems> = true;
 
-template <typename ArrayDomain, typename DatumDomain, std::size_t Lanes, typename Linearize, std::size_t Elems>
-inline constexpr auto
-    canUseVcWithMapping<llama::mapping::AoSoA<ArrayDomain, DatumDomain, Lanes, Linearize>, Elems> = Lanes
-        >= Elems&& Lanes % Elems
-    == 0;
+template <
+    typename ArrayDomain,
+    typename DatumDomain,
+    std::size_t Lanes,
+    bool LaneAccessOnly,
+    typename Linearize,
+    std::size_t Elems>
+inline constexpr auto canUseVcWithMapping<
+    llama::mapping::AoSoA<ArrayDomain, DatumDomain, Lanes, LaneAccessOnly, Linearize>,
+    Elems> = Lanes >= Elems&& Lanes % Elems == 0;
 
 template <std::size_t Elems>
 struct VecType
@@ -143,6 +148,8 @@ struct UpdateKernel
             "UpdateKernel only works with compatible mappings like SoA or AoSoAs");
 
         auto sharedView = [&] {
+            // TODO: we could optimize here, since pPInteraction only needs position and mass, no velocity. the mapping
+            // could discard these properties
             const auto sharedMapping
                 = llama::mapping::SoA(typename View::ArrayDomain{BlockSize}, typename View::DatumDomain{});
 
@@ -244,7 +251,8 @@ int main()
         if constexpr (MAPPING == 2)
             return llama::mapping::SoA{arrayDomain, Particle{}, std::true_type{}};
         if constexpr (MAPPING == 3)
-            return llama::mapping::AoSoA<std::decay_t<decltype(arrayDomain)>, Particle, aosoaLanes>{arrayDomain};
+            return llama::mapping::
+                AoSoA<std::decay_t<decltype(arrayDomain)>, Particle, aosoaLanes, aosoaLanes == elements>{arrayDomain};
         if constexpr (MAPPING == 4)
             return llama::mapping::tree::Mapping{arrayDomain, llama::Tuple{}, Particle{}};
         if constexpr (MAPPING == 5)
diff --git a/include/llama/mapping/AoSoA.hpp b/include/llama/mapping/AoSoA.hpp
index a7a7e6cb99..25a4ff1fc9 100644
--- a/include/llama/mapping/AoSoA.hpp
+++ b/include/llama/mapping/AoSoA.hpp
@@ -6,17 +6,18 @@
 
 namespace llama::mapping
 {
-    /// Array of struct of arrays mapping. Used to create a \ref View via \ref
-    /// allocView.
-    /// \tparam Lanes The size of the inner arrays of this array of struct of
-    /// arrays.
-    /// \tparam LinearizeArrayDomainFunctor Defines how the
-    /// user domain should be mapped into linear numbers and how big the linear
-    /// domain gets.
+    /// Array of struct of arrays mapping. Used to create a \ref View via \ref allocView.
+    /// \tparam Lanes The size of the inner arrays of this array of struct of arrays.
+    /// \tparam LaneAccessOnly If true, the mapping will return the same reference to the beginning of a lane and for
+    /// all elements mapped into the same lane. This simplifies the mapping function in case the AoSoA mapping is used
+    /// in conjunction with a vectorization library.
+    /// \tparam LinearizeArrayDomainFunctor Defines how the user domain should be mapped into linear numbers and how big
+    /// the linear domain gets.
     template <
         typename T_ArrayDomain,
         typename T_DatumDomain,
         std::size_t Lanes,
+        bool LaneAccessOnly = false,
         typename LinearizeArrayDomainFunctor = LinearizeArrayDomainCpp>
     struct AoSoA
     {
@@ -41,10 +42,13 @@ namespace llama::mapping
         {
             const auto flatArrayIndex = LinearizeArrayDomainFunctor{}(coord, arrayDomainSize);
             const auto blockIndex = flatArrayIndex / Lanes;
-            const auto laneIndex = flatArrayIndex % Lanes;
-            const auto offset = (sizeOf<DatumDomain> * Lanes) * blockIndex
-                + offsetOf<DatumDomain, DatumCoord<DatumDomainCoord...>> * Lanes
-                + sizeof(GetType<DatumDomain, DatumCoord<DatumDomainCoord...>>) * laneIndex;
+            auto offset = (sizeOf<DatumDomain> * Lanes) * blockIndex
+                + offsetOf<DatumDomain, DatumCoord<DatumDomainCoord...>> * Lanes;
+            if constexpr (!LaneAccessOnly)
+            {
+                const auto laneIndex = flatArrayIndex % Lanes;
+                offset += sizeof(GetType<DatumDomain, DatumCoord<DatumDomainCoord...>>) * laneIndex;
+            }
             return {0, offset};
         }