diff --git a/applications/test/ITstream/Make/files b/applications/test/ITstream/Make/files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b70c4ea83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/test/ITstream/Make/files
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Test-ITstream.C
+
+EXE = $(FOAM_USER_APPBIN)/Test-ITstream
diff --git a/applications/test/ITstream/Make/options b/applications/test/ITstream/Make/options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18e6fe47af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/test/ITstream/Make/options
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* EXE_INC = */
+/* EXE_LIBS = */
diff --git a/applications/test/ITstream/Test-ITstream.C b/applications/test/ITstream/Test-ITstream.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a81e8585ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/test/ITstream/Test-ITstream.C
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
+     \\/     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/>.
+
+Description
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "ListStream.H"
+#include "UListStream.H"
+#include "wordList.H"
+#include "IOstreams.H"
+#include "argList.H"
+#include "ITstream.H"
+
+using namespace Foam;
+
+template<class T>
+Ostream& toString(Ostream& os, const T& str)
+{
+    os << str;
+    return os;
+}
+
+
+template<>
+Ostream& toString(Ostream& os, const UList<char>& list)
+{
+    for (const char c : list)
+    {
+        os << c;
+    }
+
+    return os;
+}
+
+
+template<>
+Ostream& toString(Ostream& os, const List<char>& list)
+{
+    for (const char c : list)
+    {
+        os << c;
+    }
+
+    return os;
+}
+
+
+void printTokens(Istream& is)
+{
+    label count = 0;
+    token t;
+    while (is.good())
+    {
+        is >> t;
+        if (t.good())
+        {
+            ++count;
+            Info<<"token: " << t << endl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Info<< count << " tokens" << endl;
+}
+
+
+template<class BUF>
+void doTest(const string& name, const BUF& input, bool verbose=false)
+{
+    Info<<"test " << name.c_str() << ":" << nl
+        <<"====" << nl;
+    toString(Info, input)
+        << nl
+        <<"====" << nl << endl;
+
+    ITstream its(name, input);
+    Info<< "got " << its.size() << " tokens - index at "
+        << its.tokenIndex() << endl;
+
+    if (verbose)
+    {
+        for (const token& tok : its)
+        {
+            Info<< "    " << tok.info() << nl;
+        }
+        Info<< nl;
+    }
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+// Main program:
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    const char* charInput =
+        "( const char input \"string\" to tokenize )"
+        "List<label> 5(0 1 2 3 4);";
+
+    string stringInput("( string     ;    input \"string\" to tokenize )");
+
+    List<char> listInput(stringInput.cbegin(), stringInput.cend());
+
+    doTest("char*", charInput, true);
+    doTest("string", stringInput, true);
+    doTest("List<char>", listInput, true);
+
+    reverse(listInput);
+    doTest("List<char>", listInput, true);
+
+    Info<< "\nEnd\n" << endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.C b/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.C
index c0890dad9d..ca31271fa3 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.C
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
     \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2015 OpenFOAM Foundation
-     \\/     M anipulation  |
+     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -25,8 +25,89 @@ License
 
 #include "error.H"
 #include "ITstream.H"
+#include "UIListStream.H"
 
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * Private Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+void Foam::ITstream::toTokenList(ISstream& is)
+{
+    tokenIndex_ = 0;
+
+    token tok;
+
+    while (!is.read(tok).bad() && tok.good())
+    {
+        newElmt(tokenIndex()++) = std::move(tok);
+    }
+
+    tokenList::setSize(tokenIndex());
+
+    setOpened();
+    ITstream::rewind();
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+Foam::ITstream::ITstream
+(
+    const string& name,
+    const UList<char>& input,
+    streamFormat format,
+    versionNumber version
+)
+:
+    Istream(format, version),
+    tokenList(16, token::undefinedToken),
+    name_(name),
+    tokenIndex_(0)
+{
+    UIListStream is(input, format, version);
+
+    toTokenList(is);
+}
+
+
+Foam::ITstream::ITstream
+(
+    const string& name,
+    const std::string& input,
+    streamFormat format,
+    versionNumber version
+)
+:
+    Istream(format, version),
+    tokenList(16, token::undefinedToken),
+    name_(name),
+    tokenIndex_(0)
+{
+    UIListStream is(input.data(), input.size(), format, version);
+
+    toTokenList(is);
+}
+
+
+Foam::ITstream::ITstream
+(
+    const string& name,
+    const char* input,
+    streamFormat format,
+    versionNumber version
+)
+:
+    Istream(format, version),
+    tokenList(16, token::undefinedToken),
+    name_(name),
+    tokenIndex_(0)
+{
+    const size_t len = strlen(input);
+    UIListStream is(input, len, format, version);
+
+    toTokenList(is);
+}
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 void Foam::ITstream::print(Ostream& os) const
 {
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.H b/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.H
index b8414cc4f2..af9fff4bef 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/IOstreams/Tstreams/ITstream.H
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
     \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-     \\/     M anipulation  |
+     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ SourceFiles
 namespace Foam
 {
 
+// Forward declaration
+class ISstream;
+
+
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
                            Class ITstream Declaration
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -61,6 +65,12 @@ class ITstream
         label tokenIndex_;
 
 
+    // Private Member Functions
+
+        //- Convert input sequence into tokens and append to the token list
+        void toTokenList(ISstream& input);
+
+
 public:
 
     // Constructors
@@ -103,6 +113,39 @@ public:
         }
 
 
+        //- Construct token list by parsing the input character sequence
+        //  Uses UIListStream internally.
+        ITstream
+        (
+            const string& name,
+            const UList<char>& input,
+            streamFormat format=ASCII,
+            versionNumber version=currentVersion
+        );
+
+
+        //- Construct token list by parsing the input string
+        //  Uses UIListStream internally.
+        ITstream
+        (
+            const string& name,
+            const std::string& input,
+            streamFormat format=ASCII,
+            versionNumber version=currentVersion
+        );
+
+
+        //- Construct token list by parsing the input character sequence
+        //  Uses UIListStream internally.
+        ITstream
+        (
+            const string& name,
+            const char* input,
+            streamFormat format=ASCII,
+            versionNumber version=currentVersion
+        );
+
+
         //- Construct as copy
         ITstream(const ITstream& its)
         :