diff --git a/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3 b/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3
index a54a1d3ac..9b2139e1d 100755
--- a/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3
+++ b/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ then
 	echo "Building Mesquite 2.1.2"
 	( rpm_make -p mesquite-2.1.2 -s mesquite-2.1.2.spec -u http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/foam-extend/ThirdParty/mesquite-2.1.2.tar.gz )
     }
+    # Mesquite 2.3.0
+    #
+    [ ! -z "$WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230" ] && {
+	echo "Building Mesquite 2.3.0"
+	( rpm_make -p mesquite-2.3.0 -s mesquite-2.3.0.spec -u https://software.sandia.gov/mesquite/mesquite-2.3.0.tar.gz )
+	# ( rpm_make -p mesquite-2.3.0 -s mesquite-2.3.0.spec -u http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/foam-extend/ThirdParty/mesquite-2.3.0.tar.gz )
+    }
 else
     echo "Using system installed Mesquite"
     echo ""
diff --git a/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/SPECS/mesquite-2.3.0.spec b/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/SPECS/mesquite-2.3.0.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce422678d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/SPECS/mesquite-2.3.0.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  F ield         | foam-extend: Open Source CFD
+#  \\    /   O peration     |
+#   \\  /    A nd           | For copyright notice see file Copyright
+#    \\/     M anipulation  |
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# License
+#     This file is part of foam-extend.
+#
+#     foam-extend 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.
+#
+#     foam-extend 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 foam-extend.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Script
+#     RPM spec file for mesquite-2.3.0
+#
+# Description
+#     RPM spec file for creating a relocatable RPM
+#
+# Author:
+#     Martin Beaudoin (2018)
+#
+# Contributor:
+#     Philippose Rajan : patch0 for gcc 4.6.x
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# We grab the value of WM_THIRD_PARTY and WM_OPTIONS from the environment variable
+%{expand:%%define _WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR %(echo $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR)}
+%{expand:%%define _WM_OPTIONS         %(echo $WM_OPTIONS)}
+
+# Disable the generation of debuginfo packages
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+
+# The topdir needs to point to the $WM_THIRD_PARTY/rpmbuild directory
+%define _topdir	 	%{_WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/rpmBuild
+%define _tmppath	%{_topdir}/tmp
+
+# Will install the package directly $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
+#   Some comments about package relocation:
+#   By using this prefix for the Prefix:  parameter in this file, you will make this
+#   package relocatable.
+#
+#   This is fine, as long as your software is itself relocatable.
+#
+#   Simply take note that libraries built with libtool are not relocatable because the
+#   prefix we specify will be hard-coded in the library .la files.
+#   Ref: http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_80.html
+#
+#   In that case, if you ever change the value of the $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR, you will
+#   not be able to reutilize this RPM, even though it is relocatable. You will need to
+#   regenerate the RPM.
+#
+%define _prefix         %{_WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}
+
+%define name		mesquite
+%define release		%{_WM_OPTIONS}
+%define version 	2.3.0
+
+%define buildroot       %{_topdir}/BUILD/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+BuildRoot:	        %{buildroot}
+Summary: 		mesquite
+License: 		Unkown
+Name: 			%{name}
+Version: 		%{version}
+Release: 		%{release}
+URL:            https://software.sandia.gov/mesquite
+Source: 		%url/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Prefix: 		%{_prefix}
+Group: 			Development/Tools
+
+%define _installPrefix  %{_prefix}/packages/%{name}-%{version}/platforms/%{_WM_OPTIONS}
+
+%description
+%{summary}
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+    # export WM settings in a form that GNU configure recognizes
+    [ -n "$WM_CC" ]         &&  export CC="$WM_CC"
+    [ -n "$WM_FC" ]         &&  export FC="$WM_FC"
+    [ -n "$WM_CXX" ]        &&  export CXX="$WM_CXX"
+    [ -n "$WM_CFLAGS" ]     &&  export CFLAGS="$WM_CFLAGS"
+    [ -n "$WM_FCFLAGS" ]    &&  export FCFLAGS="$WM_FCFLAGS"
+    [ -n "$WM_CXXFLAGS" ]   &&  export CXXFLAGS="$WM_CXXFLAGS"
+    [ -n "$WM_LDFLAGS" ]    &&  export LDFLAGS="$WM_LDFLAGS"
+
+    ./configure     \
+    --prefix=%{_installPrefix}     \
+    --libdir=%{_installPrefix}/lib \
+	--enable-release               \
+	--disable-debug-assertions     \
+	--enable-shared                \
+	--without-cppunit              \
+	--enable-trap-fpe              \
+	--disable-function-timers
+
+    # Remove the file include/Mesquite_all_headers.hpp
+    # This file will be regenerated during the compilation process
+    [ -e include/Mesquite_all_headers.hpp ] && rm -f include/Mesquite_all_headers.hpp
+
+    [ -z "$WM_NCOMPPROCS" ] && WM_NCOMPPROCS=1
+    make -j $WM_NCOMPPROCS OPTFLAGS="-O3 -mtune=native -fPIC"
+
+%install
+    make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+    # Creation of foam-extend specific .csh and .sh files"
+
+    echo ""
+    echo "Generating foam-extend specific .csh and .sh files for the package %{name}-%{version}"
+    echo ""
+    #
+    # Generate package specific .sh file for foam-extend
+    #
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_installPrefix}/etc
+cat << DOT_SH_EOF > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_installPrefix}/etc/%{name}-%{version}.sh
+# Load %{name}-%{version} libraries and binaries if available
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+export MESQUITE_DIR=\$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/%{name}-%{version}/platforms/\$WM_OPTIONS
+export MESQUITE_BIN_DIR=\$MESQUITE_DIR/bin
+export MESQUITE_LIB_DIR=\$MESQUITE_DIR/lib
+export MESQUITE_INCLUDE_DIR=\$MESQUITE_DIR/include
+
+# Enable access to the package runtime applications and libraries
+[ -d \$MESQUITE_BIN_DIR ] && _foamAddPath \$MESQUITE_BIN_DIR
+[ -d \$MESQUITE_LIB_DIR ] && _foamAddLib  \$MESQUITE_LIB_DIR
+DOT_SH_EOF
+
+    #
+    # Generate package specific .csh file for foam-extend
+    #
+cat << DOT_CSH_EOF > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_installPrefix}/etc/%{name}-%{version}.csh
+# Load %{name}-%{version} libraries and binaries if available
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+setenv MESQUITE_DIR \$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/%{name}-%{version}/platforms/\$WM_OPTIONS
+setenv MESQUITE_BIN_DIR \$MESQUITE_DIR/bin
+setenv MESQUITE_LIB_DIR \$MESQUITE_DIR/lib
+setenv MESQUITE_INCLUDE_DIR \$MESQUITE_DIR/include
+
+if ( -e \$MESQUITE_BIN_DIR ) then
+    _foamAddPath \$MESQUITE_BIN_DIR
+endif
+
+if ( -e \$MESQUITE_LIB_DIR ) then
+    _foamAddLib \$MESQUITE_LIB_DIR
+endif
+DOT_CSH_EOF
+
+    #finally, generate a .tgz file for systems where using rpm for installing packages
+    # as a non-root user might be a problem.
+    (mkdir -p  %{_topdir}/TGZS/%{_target_cpu}; cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_prefix}; tar -zcvf %{_topdir}/TGZS/%{_target_cpu}/%{name}-%{version}.tgz  packages/%{name}-%{version})
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_installPrefix}
diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index da1b4816d..d50791216 100755
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_OPENMPI_310=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_METIS_510=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMGRIDGEN_10=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_LIBCCMIO_261=1
-export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_212=1
+export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_604=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMETIS_403=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PYFOAM_069=1
diff --git a/etc/cshrc b/etc/cshrc
index ee2e50dc1..c6c940c2d 100644
--- a/etc/cshrc
+++ b/etc/cshrc
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_OPENMPI_310 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_METIS_510 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMGRIDGEN_10 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_LIBCCMIO_261 1
-setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_212 1
+setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_604 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMETIS_403 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PYFOAM_069 1
diff --git a/etc/prefs.csh-EXAMPLE b/etc/prefs.csh-EXAMPLE
index 4edcdd9e1..3a4c445df 100644
--- a/etc/prefs.csh-EXAMPLE
+++ b/etc/prefs.csh-EXAMPLE
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_OPENMPI_310 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_METIS_510 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMGRIDGEN_10 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_LIBCCMIO_261 1
-setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_212 1
+setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_604 1
 #setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_600 1
 setenv WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMETIS_403 1
diff --git a/etc/prefs.sh-EXAMPLE b/etc/prefs.sh-EXAMPLE
index a93be19ff..4418fb7d6 100644
--- a/etc/prefs.sh-EXAMPLE
+++ b/etc/prefs.sh-EXAMPLE
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_OPENMPI_310=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_METIS_510=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMGRIDGEN_10=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_LIBCCMIO_261=1
-export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_212=1
+export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_604=1
 #export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_600=1
 export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMETIS_403=1
diff --git a/etc/prefs.sh.mingw b/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
index 6b8d19835..7b28d20e5 100644
--- a/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
+++ b/etc/prefs.sh.mingw
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export PARAVIEW_BIN_DIR=$PARAVIEW_DIR/bin
 #export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_METIS_510=1
 #export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMGRIDGEN_10=1
 #export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_LIBCCMIO_261=1
-#export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_212=1
+#export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230=1
 #export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_604=1
 ##export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_SCOTCH_600=1
 #export WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_PARMETIS_403=1
diff --git a/etc/settings.csh b/etc/settings.csh
index 6465ff0aa..ae945eccb 100644
--- a/etc/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/settings.csh
@@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ endif
 if ( $?MESQUITE_SYSTEM == 0 && $?WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_212 != 0 && -e $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.1.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ) then
     _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.1.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/mesquite-2.1.2.csh
 endif
+if ( $?MESQUITE_SYSTEM == 0 && $?WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230 != 0 && -e $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.3.0/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ) then
+    _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.3.0/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/mesquite-2.3.0.csh
+endif
 
 # Metis library if available
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/etc/settings.sh b/etc/settings.sh
index 8084d2569..bc851aa08 100755
--- a/etc/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/settings.sh
@@ -610,6 +610,10 @@ export MPI_BUFFER_SIZE
     _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.1.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/mesquite-2.1.2.sh
 }
 [ "$FOAM_VERBOSE" -a "$PS1" ] && echo "    MESQUITE_DIR is initialized to: $MESQUITE_DIR"
+[ -z "$MESQUITE_SYSTEM" ] && [ ! -z $WM_THIRD_PARTY_USE_MESQUITE_230 ] && [ -e $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.3.0/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ] && {
+    _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/mesquite-2.3.0/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/mesquite-2.3.0.sh
+}
+[ "$FOAM_VERBOSE" -a "$PS1" ] && echo "    MESQUITE_DIR is initialized to: $MESQUITE_DIR"
 
 
 # Load Metis library