diff --git a/bin/foamCloneCase b/bin/foamCloneCase
index 1cd4e9077..d3763421c 100755
--- a/bin/foamCloneCase
+++ b/bin/foamCloneCase
@@ -41,13 +41,17 @@ options:
   -latestTime    clone the latest time directory
   -no-orig       do not copy 0.orig directory
   -no-scripts    do not copy shell scripts
+  -template      search for source case directory in template directory paths
 
 Create a new <targetCase> case directory that includes time, system and constant
 directories, and shell scripts, of <sourceCase> directory.
 The time directory is the first time directory by default.  If no time directory
 exists, or it is 0, an exitsting 0.orig directory is copied by default.
 
+Template directory paths are:
 USAGE
+    for _tp in $TEMPLATE_DIRS ; do echo "    $_tp" ; done
+    echo ""
 }
 
 error() {
@@ -61,9 +65,28 @@ cpIfPresent() {
     [ -e "$1" ] && echo "... ${1##*/}" && cp -r "$1" "$2"
 }
 
+ver=$WM_PROJECT_VERSION
+tmp_dir=templates
+TEMPLATE_DIRS="
+    ${HOME}/.OpenFOAM/appTemplates/$ver
+    ${HOME}/.OpenFOAM/$ver/$tmp_dir
+    ${HOME}/.OpenFOAM/$tmp_dir
+    ${WM_PROJECT_SITE:-$WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR/site}/$ver/$tmp_dir
+    ${WM_PROJECT_SITE:-$WM_PROJECT_INST_DIR/site}/$tmp_dir
+    $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/$tmp_dir"
+
+templateDir() {
+    for t in $TEMPLATE_DIRS
+    do
+        [ -d "$t/$1" ] && echo "$t/$1"  && exit 0
+    done
+    exit 1
+}
+
 time_option="head -1"
 no_orig=""
 no_scripts=""
+template=""
 
 # parse options
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]
@@ -84,6 +107,10 @@ do
         no_scripts="true"
         shift 1
         ;;
+    -template)
+        template="true"
+        shift 1
+        ;;
     -*)
         error "unknown option: '$*'"
         ;;
@@ -94,29 +121,38 @@ do
 done
 
 [ $# -eq 2 ] || error "Incorrect arguments specified"
-foamListTimes -case "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
-    error "'$1' is not a valid case directory"
 
-[ -e "$2" ] && error "'$2' file/directory already exists, delete and re-run"
+srcDir="$1"
+[ -z "$template" ] || \
+    srcDir="$(templateDir "$1")" || \
+    error "'$1' not found in template directories"
 
-echo "Making $2 case directory"
-mkdir "$2"
+foamListTimes -case "$srcDir" >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+    error "'$srcDir' is not a valid case directory"
 
-echo "Copying directories from $1 to $2:"
-cpIfPresent "$1/system" "$2"
-cpIfPresent "$1/constant" "$2"
+tgtDir=$2
 
-time_dir="$(foamListTimes -withZero -case "$1" | $time_option)"
-cpIfPresent "$1/${time_dir}" "$2"
+[ -e "$tgtDir" ] && \
+    error "'$tgtDir' file/directory already exists, delete and re-run"
+
+echo "Making $tgtDir case directory"
+mkdir "$tgtDir"
+
+echo "Copying directories from $srcDir to $tgtDir:"
+cpIfPresent "$srcDir/system" "$tgtDir"
+cpIfPresent "$srcDir/constant" "$tgtDir"
+
+time_dir="$(foamListTimes -withZero -case "$srcDir" | $time_option)"
+cpIfPresent "$srcDir/${time_dir}" "$tgtDir"
 
 [ "${time_dir}" = "0" -o -z "${time_dir}" ] && [ -z "$no_orig" ] && \
-cpIfPresent "$1/0.orig" "$2"
+cpIfPresent "$srcDir/0.orig" "$tgtDir"
 
 [ "$no_scripts" ] || \
-    scripts="$(find "$1" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec file {} \; | \
+    scripts="$(find "$srcDir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec file {} \; | \
                grep "shell script" | \
                cut -d: -f1)"
-[ "$scripts" ] && echo "Copying scripts from $1 to $2:" && \
-    for s in $scripts ; do cpIfPresent "$s" "$2" ; done
+[ "$scripts" ] && echo "Copying scripts from $srcDir to $tgtDir:" && \
+    for s in $scripts ; do cpIfPresent "$s" "$tgtDir" ; done
 
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