diff --git a/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt b/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
index 12101c8b13a627e6a12300ffe4b30a63a90a81be..3134533d53473c5d657194b6f46dba996bf9f461 100644
--- a/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,3 +68,14 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( appendLinesAlongPolyline
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(appendLinesAlongPolyline
 	PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
+
+ADD_EXECUTABLE( editMaterialID editMaterialID.cpp )
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( editMaterialID
+	BaseLib
+	FileIO
+	MathLib
+	MeshLib
+)
+
+SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(editMaterialID
+	PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
diff --git a/Utils/MeshEdit/editMaterialID.cpp b/Utils/MeshEdit/editMaterialID.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9031b6f57c463ef308961fe09c75a0dc11d4391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utils/MeshEdit/editMaterialID.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+ * @copyright
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
+ *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
+ *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
+ *              http://www.opengeosys.org/LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+// TCLAP
+#include "tclap/CmdLine.h"
+
+// ThirdParty/logog
+#include "logog/include/logog.hpp"
+
+// BaseLib
+#include "LogogSimpleFormatter.h"
+
+// FileIO
+#include "Legacy/MeshIO.h"
+#include "readMeshFromFile.h"
+
+// MeshLib
+#include "Mesh.h"
+#include "Elements/Element.h"
+#include "MeshEditing/ElementValueModification.h"
+
+int main (int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+	LOGOG_INITIALIZE();
+	logog::Cout* logog_cout (new logog::Cout);
+	BaseLib::LogogSimpleFormatter *custom_format (new BaseLib::LogogSimpleFormatter);
+	logog_cout->SetFormatter(*custom_format);
+
+	TCLAP::CmdLine cmd("Edit material IDs of mesh elements.", ' ', "0.1");
+	TCLAP::SwitchArg replaceArg("r", "replace", "replace material IDs", false);
+	TCLAP::SwitchArg condenseArg("c", "condense", "condense material IDs", false);
+	cmd.xorAdd(replaceArg, condenseArg);
+	TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> mesh_in("i", "mesh-input-file",
+	                                     "the name of the file containing the input mesh", true,
+	                                     "", "file name");
+	cmd.add(mesh_in);
+	TCLAP::ValueArg<std::string> mesh_out("o", "mesh-output-file",
+	                                      "the name of the file the mesh will be written to", true,
+	                                      "", "file name");
+	cmd.add(mesh_out);
+	TCLAP::MultiArg<unsigned> matIDArg("m", "current-material-id",
+	                                      "current material id to be replaced", false, "number");
+	cmd.add(matIDArg);
+	TCLAP::ValueArg<unsigned> newIDArg("n", "new-material-id",
+	                                      "new material id", false, 0, "number");
+	cmd.add(newIDArg);
+	cmd.parse(argc, argv);
+
+	if (!replaceArg.isSet() && !condenseArg.isSet()) {
+		INFO("Please select editing mode: -r or -c");
+		return 0;
+	} else if (replaceArg.isSet() && condenseArg.isSet()) {
+		INFO("Please select only one editing mode: -r or -c");
+		return 0;
+	} else if (replaceArg.isSet()) {
+		if (!matIDArg.isSet() || !newIDArg.isSet()) {
+			INFO("current and new material IDs must be provided for relplacement");
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	MeshLib::Mesh* mesh (FileIO::readMeshFromFile(mesh_in.getValue()));
+	INFO("Mesh read: %d nodes, %d elements.", mesh->getNNodes(), mesh->getNElements());
+
+	if (condenseArg.isSet()) {
+		INFO("Condensing material ID...");
+		MeshLib::ElementValueModification::condense(*mesh);
+	} else if (replaceArg.isSet()) {
+		INFO("Replacing material ID...");
+		const auto vecOldID = matIDArg.getValue();
+		const unsigned newID = newIDArg.getValue();
+		for (auto oldID : vecOldID) {
+			INFO("%d -> %d", oldID, newID);
+			MeshLib::ElementValueModification::replace(*mesh, oldID, newID, true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// write into a file
+	FileIO::Legacy::MeshIO meshIO;
+	meshIO.setMesh(mesh);
+	meshIO.writeToFile(mesh_out.getValue());
+
+	delete custom_format;
+	delete logog_cout;
+	LOGOG_SHUTDOWN();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+