diff --git a/src/SIM/SIMoptions.C b/src/SIM/SIMoptions.C
index 897e6cfe..a67821b9 100644
--- a/src/SIM/SIMoptions.C
+++ b/src/SIM/SIMoptions.C
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ SIMoptions::SIMoptions ()
   dtSave  =  0.0;
   pSolOnly = false;
   enableController = false;
+  restartInc = 0;
 
   nGauss[0] = nGauss[1] = 4;
   nViz[0] = nViz[1] = nViz[2] = 2;
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ bool SIMoptions::parseDiscretizationTag (const TiXmlElement* elem)
 
 bool SIMoptions::parseOutputTag (const TiXmlElement* elem)
 {
+  const char* value = nullptr;
   if (!strcasecmp(elem->Value(),"vtfformat")) {
     if (elem->FirstChild()) {
       if (!strcasecmp(elem->FirstChild()->Value(),"ascii"))
@@ -136,11 +138,14 @@ bool SIMoptions::parseOutputTag (const TiXmlElement* elem)
   }
 
   else if (!strcasecmp(elem->Value(),"stride")) {
-    const char* value = utl::getValue(elem,"stride");
+    value = utl::getValue(elem,"stride");
     if (value) saveInc = atoi(value);
     utl::getAttribute(elem,"dt",dtSave);
   }
 
+  else if ((value = utl::getValue(elem,"restartstride")))
+    restartInc = atoi(value);
+
   else if (!strcasecmp(elem->Value(),"hdf5")) {
     if (elem->FirstChild()) {
       hdf5 = elem->FirstChild()->Value();
diff --git a/src/SIM/SIMoptions.h b/src/SIM/SIMoptions.h
index be507028..5d604132 100644
--- a/src/SIM/SIMoptions.h
+++ b/src/SIM/SIMoptions.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public:
   int format;    //!< VTF-file format (-1=NONE, 0=ASCII, 1=BINARY)
   int nViz[3];   //!< Number of visualization points over each knot-span
   int saveInc;   //!< Number of load/time increments between each result output
+  int restartInc;//!< Number of load/time increments between each restart output
   double dtSave; //!< Time interval between each result output
   bool pSolOnly; //!< If \e true, don't save secondary solution variables