diff --git a/src/sampling/Make/files b/src/sampling/Make/files
index 17099071a5..649f05523d 100644
--- a/src/sampling/Make/files
+++ b/src/sampling/Make/files
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sampledSet/polyLine/polyLineSet.C
 sampledSet/face/faceOnlySet.C
 sampledSet/midPoint/midPointSet.C
 sampledSet/midPointAndFace/midPointAndFaceSet.C
-/* sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.C */
+sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.C
 sampledSet/sampledSet/sampledSet.C
 sampledSet/sampledSets/sampledSets.C
 sampledSet/sampledSets/sampledSetsGrouping.C
diff --git a/src/sampling/sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.C b/src/sampling/sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09da94f70e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sampling/sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.C
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2012 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "patchSeedSet.H"
+#include "polyMesh.H"
+#include "addToRunTimeSelectionTable.H"
+#include "treeBoundBox.H"
+#include "treeDataFace.H"
+#include "Time.H"
+#include "meshTools.H"
+//#include "Random.H"
+// For 'facePoint' helper function only
+#include "mappedPatchBase.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Static Data Members * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+    defineTypeNameAndDebug(patchSeedSet, 0);
+    addToRunTimeSelectionTable(sampledSet, patchSeedSet, word);
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+void Foam::patchSeedSet::calcSamples
+(
+    DynamicList<point>& samplingPts,
+    DynamicList<label>& samplingCells,
+    DynamicList<label>& samplingFaces,
+    DynamicList<label>& samplingSegments,
+    DynamicList<scalar>& samplingCurveDist
+)
+{
+    if (debug)
+    {
+        Info<< "patchSeedSet : sampling on patches :" << endl;
+    }
+
+    // Construct search tree for all patch faces.
+    label sz = 0;
+    forAllConstIter(labelHashSet, patchSet_, iter)
+    {
+        const polyPatch& pp = mesh().boundaryMesh()[iter.key()];
+
+        sz += pp.size();
+
+        if (debug)
+        {
+            Info<< "    " << pp.name() << " size " << pp.size() << endl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    labelList patchFaces(sz);
+    sz = 0;
+    forAllConstIter(labelHashSet, patchSet_, iter)
+    {
+        const polyPatch& pp = mesh().boundaryMesh()[iter.key()];
+        forAll(pp, i)
+        {
+            patchFaces[sz++] = pp.start()+i;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    label totalSize = returnReduce(sz, sumOp<label>());
+
+
+    // Shuffle and truncate if in random mode
+    if (maxPoints_ < totalSize)
+    {
+        // Check what fraction of maxPoints_ I need to generate locally.
+        label myMaxPoints = label(scalar(sz)/totalSize*maxPoints_);
+
+        rndGenPtr_.reset(new Random(123456));
+        Random& rndGen = rndGenPtr_();
+
+        labelList subset = identity(sz);
+        for (label iter = 0; iter < 4; iter++)
+        {
+            forAll(subset, i)
+            {
+                label j = rndGen.integer(0, subset.size()-1);
+                Swap(subset[i], subset[j]);
+            }
+        }
+        // Truncate
+        subset.setSize(myMaxPoints);
+
+        // Subset patchFaces
+        patchFaces = UIndirectList<label>(patchFaces, subset)();
+
+        if (debug)
+        {
+            Pout<< "In random mode : selected " << patchFaces
+                << " faces out of " << sz << endl;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // Get points on patchFaces.
+    globalIndex globalSampleNumbers(patchFaces.size());
+
+    samplingPts.setCapacity(patchFaces.size());
+    samplingCells.setCapacity(patchFaces.size());
+    samplingFaces.setCapacity(patchFaces.size());
+    samplingSegments.setCapacity(patchFaces.size());
+    samplingCurveDist.setCapacity(patchFaces.size());
+
+    // For calculation of min-decomp tet base points
+    (void)mesh().tetBasePtIs();
+
+    forAll(patchFaces, i)
+    {
+        label faceI = patchFaces[i];
+        pointIndexHit info = mappedPatchBase::facePoint
+        (
+            mesh(),
+            faceI,
+            polyMesh::FACEDIAGTETS
+        );
+        label cellI = mesh().faceOwner()[faceI];
+
+        if (info.hit())
+        {
+            // Move the point into the cell
+            const point& cc = mesh().cellCentres()[cellI];
+            samplingPts.append
+            (
+                info.hitPoint() + 1E-1*(cc-info.hitPoint())
+            );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            samplingPts.append(info.rawPoint());
+        }
+        samplingCells.append(cellI);
+        samplingFaces.append(faceI);
+        samplingSegments.append(0);
+        samplingCurveDist.append(globalSampleNumbers.toGlobal(i));
+    }
+}
+
+
+void Foam::patchSeedSet::genSamples()
+{
+    // Storage for sample points
+    DynamicList<point> samplingPts;
+    DynamicList<label> samplingCells;
+    DynamicList<label> samplingFaces;
+    DynamicList<label> samplingSegments;
+    DynamicList<scalar> samplingCurveDist;
+
+    calcSamples
+    (
+        samplingPts,
+        samplingCells,
+        samplingFaces,
+        samplingSegments,
+        samplingCurveDist
+    );
+
+    samplingPts.shrink();
+    samplingCells.shrink();
+    samplingFaces.shrink();
+    samplingSegments.shrink();
+    samplingCurveDist.shrink();
+
+    setSamples
+    (
+        samplingPts,
+        samplingCells,
+        samplingFaces,
+        samplingSegments,
+        samplingCurveDist
+    );
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+Foam::patchSeedSet::patchSeedSet
+(
+    const word& name,
+    const polyMesh& mesh,
+    meshSearch& searchEngine,
+    const dictionary& dict
+)
+:
+    sampledSet(name, mesh, searchEngine, dict),
+    patchSet_
+    (
+        mesh.boundaryMesh().patchSet
+        (
+            wordReList(dict.lookup("patches"))
+        )
+    ),
+    //searchDist_(readScalar(dict.lookup("maxDistance"))),
+    //offsetDist_(readScalar(dict.lookup("offsetDist"))),
+    maxPoints_(readLabel(dict.lookup("maxPoints")))
+{
+    genSamples();
+
+    if (debug)
+    {
+        write(Info);
+    }
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+Foam::patchSeedSet::~patchSeedSet()
+{}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/sampling/sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.H b/src/sampling/sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.H
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac51d6fdd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sampling/sampledSet/patchSeed/patchSeedSet.H
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2012 OpenFOAM Foundation
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Class
+    Foam::patchSeedSet
+
+Description
+    Initialises points on or just off patch
+
+SourceFiles
+    patchSeedSet.C
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef patchSeedSet_H
+#define patchSeedSet_H
+
+#include "sampledSet.H"
+#include "DynamicList.H"
+#include "HashSet.H"
+#include "Random.H"
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+namespace Foam
+{
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+                           Class patchSeedSet Declaration
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+class patchSeedSet
+:
+    public sampledSet
+{
+    // Private data
+
+        //- Patches to sample
+        const labelHashSet patchSet_;
+
+//        //- Maximum distance to look for nearest
+//        const scalar searchDist_;
+//
+//        //- Offset distance
+//        const scalar offsetDist_;
+
+        //- Maximum number of patch faces to seed
+        const label maxPoints_;
+
+        //- Random number generator (if maxPoints < num patch faces)
+        autoPtr<Random> rndGenPtr_;
+
+
+    // Private Member Functions
+
+        //- Samples all points in sampleCoords.
+        void calcSamples
+        (
+            DynamicList<point>& samplingPts,
+            DynamicList<label>& samplingCells,
+            DynamicList<label>& samplingFaces,
+            DynamicList<label>& samplingSegments,
+            DynamicList<scalar>& samplingCurveDist
+        );
+
+        //- Uses calcSamples to obtain samples. Copies them into *this.
+        void genSamples();
+
+
+public:
+
+    //- Runtime type information
+    TypeName("patchSeed");
+
+
+    // Constructors
+
+//        //- Construct from components
+//        patchSeedSet
+//        (
+//            const word& name,
+//            const polyMesh& mesh,
+//            meshSearch& searchEngine,
+//            const word& axis,
+//            const List<point>& sampleCoords,
+//            const labelHashSet& patchSet,
+//            const scalar searchDist
+//        );
+
+        //- Construct from dictionary
+        patchSeedSet
+        (
+            const word& name,
+            const polyMesh& mesh,
+            meshSearch& searchEngine,
+            const dictionary& dict
+        );
+
+
+    //- Destructor
+    virtual ~patchSeedSet();
+};
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+} // End namespace Foam
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+#endif
+
+// ************************************************************************* //