diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/Capacity.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/Capacity.java
index 0017d21a..2e278cba 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/Capacity.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/Capacity.java
@@ -309,4 +309,12 @@ public class Capacity {
     public int hashCode() {
         return Arrays.hashCode(dimensions);
     }
+
+    public Capacity makeValid(Capacity capacityLimits) {
+        Capacity.Builder validCapacityBuilder = Capacity.Builder.newInstance();
+        for (int i = 0; i < Math.max(this.getNuOfDimensions(), capacityLimits.getNuOfDimensions()); i++) {
+            validCapacityBuilder.addDimension(i, Math.max(0, Math.min(this.get(i), capacityLimits.get(i))));
+        }
+        return validCapacityBuilder.build();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/CapacityTest.java b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/CapacityTest.java
index f8e5f089..0b209e70 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/CapacityTest.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/CapacityTest.java
@@ -383,4 +383,27 @@ public class CapacityTest {
         Capacity cap2 = Capacity.Builder.newInstance().addDimension(0,10).addDimension(2, 1000).addDimension(1,100).build();
         Assert.assertTrue(cap1.equals(cap2));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void makeValid() {
+        final Capacity limits = Capacity.Builder.newInstance()
+            .addDimension(0, 10)
+            .addDimension(0, 20)
+            .addDimension(0, 7)
+            .addDimension(0, 5).build();
+
+        final Capacity notValidCapacity = Capacity.Builder.newInstance()
+            .addDimension(0, 9)
+            .addDimension(0, 18)
+            .addDimension(0, 15)
+            .addDimension(0, -5).build();
+
+        final Capacity validCapacity = Capacity.Builder.newInstance()
+            .addDimension(0, 9)
+            .addDimension(0, 18)
+            .addDimension(0, 7)
+            .addDimension(0, 0).build();
+
+        assertEquals(validCapacity, notValidCapacity.makeValid(limits));
+    }
 }