diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 0e7c7c62a4b1ff4882b55b14ce339f7ecfc52244..d146684e9a8f9d4b529fec702921a31556e230e1 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ _foamSource $WM_PROJECT_DIR/etc/config/aliases.sh
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 _foamSource `$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/foamEtcFile config/paraview.sh`
 _foamSource `$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/foamEtcFile config/ensight.sh`
+_foamSource `$WM_PROJECT_DIR/bin/foamEtcFile config/gperftools.sh`
 
 
 # Clean environment paths again. Only remove duplicates
diff --git a/etc/config/gperftools.sh b/etc/config/gperftools.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f71a6cf2afe7e2dab5f3d33a5166cb13569fdd5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/config/gperftools.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#----------------------------------*-sh-*--------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  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/>.
+#
+# File
+#     config/gperftools.sh
+#
+# Description
+#     Setup file for gperftools binaries libraries.
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+version=svn
+gperftools_install=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/platforms/$WM_ARCH$WM_COMPILER
+
+GPERFTOOLS_VERSION=gperftools-$version
+GPERFTOOLS_ARCH_PATH=$gperftools_install/$GPERFTOOLS_VERSION
+
+export PATH=$GPERFTOOLS_ARCH_PATH/bin:$PATH
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GPERFTOOLS_ARCH_PATH/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------