diff --git a/Mesh/CMakeLists.txt b/Mesh/CMakeLists.txt
index ca6135364..565237150 100644
--- a/Mesh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Mesh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ set(headers
   TPZCompElHDivDuplConnects.h
   TPZCompElHDivDuplConnectsBound.h
   TPZCompElUnitaryLagrange.h
+  SPZPeriodicData.h
 )
 
 set(sources
diff --git a/Mesh/SPZPeriodicData.h b/Mesh/SPZPeriodicData.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7238dec3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mesh/SPZPeriodicData.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef _SPZPERIODICDATA_H_
+#define _SPZPERIODICDATA_H_
+
+#include "pzmanvector.h"
+#include "tpzautopointer.h"
+
+#include <map>
+
+
+/** @brief Structure for storing periodic information
+    All three structures have the same indexing
+    @note For gmsh generated meshes, they are sorted by dimension
+    of periodic entities (points, lines, surfaces)
+*/
+struct SPZPeriodicData{
+  //! list of dependent periodic ids
+  TPZManVector<int,100> dep_mat_ids;
+  //! list of independent periodic ids
+  TPZManVector<int,100> indep_mat_ids;
+  //! list of maps of periodic nodes INDICES for the pairs (dep_id,indep_id)
+  TPZManVector<TPZAutoPointer<std::map<int64_t,int64_t>>,100> nodes_map;
+  //note that for periodic meshes node->Index() != node->Id() for dependent nodes
+};
+#endif /* _SPZPERIODICDATA_H_ */