A system for determining a relative position and/or orientation between a primary winding structure and a secondary winding structure of a system (2) for inductive power transfer, wherein the system comprises at least one secondary-sided transmitting unit, wherein a positioning signal with a positioning frequency is transmittable by the secondary-sided transmitting unit, wherein the system comprises at least one primary-sided receiving unit, wherein a signal portion of the received signal with the positioning frequency is determinable, wherein the relative position and/or orientation is determinable depending on the determined signal portion, wherein the relative position and/or orientation is determined by a primary-sided control unit, wherein information on the relative position and/or orientation determined by the primary-sided control unit are communicated to the secondary side.