diff --git a/MathLib/Point3d.cpp b/MathLib/Point3d.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f48d71324b633fb550aee60b59614aebd70a6b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MathLib/Point3d.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2016, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
+ *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
+ *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
+ *              http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "Point3d.h"
+
+namespace MathLib
+{
+extern const Point3d ORIGIN{ {{0.0, 0.0, 0.0}} };
+}
diff --git a/MathLib/Point3d.h b/MathLib/Point3d.h
index 5d19c81b771a767a6c6656b1826ad7e61607d31e..e4797cc3786212d2eaa9860a44d1e07bd6fa429a 100644
--- a/MathLib/Point3d.h
+++ b/MathLib/Point3d.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace MathLib
 {
 typedef MathLib::TemplatePoint<double,3> Point3d;
 
+extern const Point3d ORIGIN;
 /**
  * rotation of points
  * @param mat a rotation matrix