diff --git a/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/CloudFunctionObjects/FacePostProcessing/FacePostProcessing.C b/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/CloudFunctionObjects/FacePostProcessing/FacePostProcessing.C
index 36fb2aa035..ae02927bbd 100644
--- a/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/CloudFunctionObjects/FacePostProcessing/FacePostProcessing.C
+++ b/src/lagrangian/intermediate/submodels/CloudFunctionObjects/FacePostProcessing/FacePostProcessing.C
@@ -191,7 +191,12 @@ void Foam::FacePostProcessing<CloudType>::write()
 
                 autoPtr<surfaceWriter> writer
                 (
-                    surfaceWriter::New(surfaceFormat_)
+                    surfaceWriter::New
+                    (
+                        surfaceFormat_,
+                        this->coeffDict().subOrEmptyDict("formatOptions").
+                            subOrEmptyDict(surfaceFormat_)
+                    )
                 );
 
                 writer->write
diff --git a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/field/fieldValues/faceSource/faceSource.C b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/field/fieldValues/faceSource/faceSource.C
index 2fa6b5c7de..43e3bdc768 100644
--- a/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/field/fieldValues/faceSource/faceSource.C
+++ b/src/postProcessing/functionObjects/field/fieldValues/faceSource/faceSource.C
@@ -457,9 +457,16 @@ void Foam::fieldValues::faceSource::initialise(const dictionary& dict)
 
     if (valueOutput_)
     {
+        const word surfaceFormat(dict.lookup("surfaceFormat"));
+
         surfaceWriterPtr_.reset
         (
-            surfaceWriter::New(dict.lookup("surfaceFormat")).ptr()
+            surfaceWriter::New
+            (
+                surfaceFormat,
+                dict.subOrEmptyDict("formatOptions").
+                    subOrEmptyDict(surfaceFormat)
+            ).ptr()
         );
     }
 }