diff --git a/CMakeLists_files.cmake b/CMakeLists_files.cmake
index 8135a404..1d25e094 100644
--- a/CMakeLists_files.cmake
+++ b/CMakeLists_files.cmake
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ list (APPEND TEST_DATA_FILES
 # originally generated with the command:
 # find tutorials examples -name '*.c*' -printf '\t%p\n' | sort
 list (APPEND EXAMPLE_SOURCE_FILES
+	examples/compute_initial_state.cpp
 	examples/compute_tof.cpp
 	examples/compute_tof_from_files.cpp
 	examples/import_rewrite.cpp
diff --git a/examples/compute_initial_state.cpp b/examples/compute_initial_state.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b11ecf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/compute_initial_state.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2014 SINTEF ICT, Applied Mathematics.
+
+  This file is part of the Open Porous Media project (OPM).
+
+  OPM 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.
+
+  OPM 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 OPM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif // HAVE_CONFIG_H
+
+#include <opm/core/grid.h>
+#include <opm/core/grid/GridManager.hpp>
+#include <opm/core/utility/ErrorMacros.hpp>
+#include <opm/core/simulator/initStateEquil.hpp>
+#include <opm/core/utility/parameters/ParameterGroup.hpp>
+#include <opm/core/props/BlackoilPropertiesFromDeck.hpp>
+#include <opm/core/simulator/BlackoilState.hpp>
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+namespace
+{
+    void warnIfUnusedParams(const Opm::parameter::ParameterGroup& param)
+    {
+        if (param.anyUnused()) {
+            std::cout << "--------------------   Unused parameters:   --------------------\n";
+            param.displayUsage();
+            std::cout << "----------------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void outputData(const std::string& output_dir,
+                    const std::string& name,
+                    const std::vector<double>& data)
+    {
+        std::ostringstream fname;
+        fname << output_dir << "/" << name;
+        boost::filesystem::path fpath = fname.str();
+        try {
+            create_directories(fpath);
+        }
+        catch (...) {
+            OPM_THROW(std::runtime_error, "Creating directories failed: " << fpath);
+        }
+        fname << "/" << "initial.txt";
+        std::ofstream file(fname.str().c_str());
+        if (!file) {
+            OPM_THROW(std::runtime_error, "Failed to open " << fname.str());
+        }
+        std::copy(data.begin(), data.end(), std::ostream_iterator<double>(file, "\n"));
+    }
+
+
+
+} // anon namespace
+
+
+
+// ----------------- Main program -----------------
+int
+main(int argc, char** argv)
+try
+{
+    using namespace Opm;
+
+    // Setup.
+    parameter::ParameterGroup param(argc, argv, false);
+    std::cout << "---------------    Reading parameters     ---------------" << std::endl;
+    const std::string deck_filename = param.get<std::string>("deck_filename");
+    const double grav = param.getDefault("gravity", unit::gravity);
+    EclipseGridParser deck(deck_filename);
+    GridManager gm(deck);
+    const UnstructuredGrid& grid = *gm.c_grid();
+    BlackoilPropertiesFromDeck props(deck, grid, param);
+    warnIfUnusedParams(param);
+
+    // Initialisation.
+    BlackoilState state;
+    initStateEquil(grid, props, deck, grav, state);
+
+    // Output.
+    const std::string output_dir = param.getDefault<std::string>("output_dir", "output");
+    outputData(output_dir, "pressure", state.pressure());
+    outputData(output_dir, "saturation", state.saturation());
+    outputData(output_dir, "rs", state.gasoilratio());
+    outputData(output_dir, "rv", state.rv());
+}
+catch (const std::exception& e) {
+    std::cerr << "Program threw an exception: " << e.what() << "\n";
+    throw;
+}