diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
index 78cdb47ad0..99d1d5dcfb 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMeshDict
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ castellatedMeshControls
             patchInfo
             {
                 type patch;
+                inGroups (meshedPatches);
             }
 
             //- Optional angle to detect small-large cell situation