This short communication presents a coupled volume-of-fluid/level set (VOSET) method on dynamically adaptive quadtree grids. The interface is reconstructed by the VOF PLIC algorithm, the level set function is re-distanced by a geometric operation, and the quadtree method is used to refine the grids near the interface. A static droplet in equilibrium without gravity is numerically simulated, and the results show that the pressure jump across the droplet can be accurately calculated. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.