diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 4f7adb9..b561b67 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ src/H5Block.h -text
 src/H5Fed.c -text
 src/H5Fed.h -text
 src/H5Fed_adjacency.c -text
+src/H5Fed_boundaries.c -text
+src/H5Fed_boundaries.h -text
 src/H5Fed_dof.c -text
 src/H5Fed_inquiry.c -text
 src/H5Fed_map.c -text
diff --git a/src/H5Fed_boundaries.c b/src/H5Fed_boundaries.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49c9dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/H5Fed_boundaries.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+  Copyright 2007-2008
+ 	Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland;
+ 	Benedikt Oswald;
+ 	Achim Gsell
+ 	All rights reserved.
+ 
+  Authors
+ 	Achim Gsell
+  
+  Warning
+	This code is under development.
+ 
+ */
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <hdf5.h>
+#include "h5_core/h5_core.h"
+#include "h5_core/h5_core_private.h"
+#include "H5Fed.h"
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedAddBoundary (
+	h5_file * const f
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_open_boundary ( f, -1 );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedOpenBoundary (
+	h5_file * const f,
+	const h5_id_t boundary_id
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_open_boundary ( f, boundary_id );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedCloseBoundary (
+	h5_file * const f
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_close_boundary ( f );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedAddNumBoundaryfaces (
+	h5_file * const f,
+	const h5_id_t num_boundaryfaces
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_add_num_boundaryfaces ( f, num_boundaryfaces );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStoreBoundaryface (
+	h5_file *f,
+	h5_id_t *global_vids
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_store_boundaryface ( f, global_vids );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStoreBoundaryfaceGlobalID (
+	h5_file *f,
+	h5_id_t global_fid
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_store_boundaryface_global_id ( f, global_fid );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStoreBoundaryfaceLocalID (
+	h5_file *f,
+	h5_id_t local_fid
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_store_boundaryface_local_id ( f, local_fid );
+}
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStartTraverseBoundaryfaces (
+	h5_file * const f
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_start_traverse_boundary_faces( f );
+}
+
+h5_id_t
+H5FedTraverseBoundaryfaces (
+	h5_file * const f,
+	h5_id_t * const id,		/*!< OUT: global face id	*/
+	h5_id_t * const parent_id,	/*!< OUT: parent id if level
+					     \c >0 else \c -1		*/
+	h5_id_t vertex_ids[3]		/*!< OUT: vertex id's		*/
+	) {
+	SET_FNAME ( __func__ );
+	return h5t_traverse_boundary_faces( f, id, parent_id, vertex_ids );
+}
diff --git a/src/H5Fed_boundaries.h b/src/H5Fed_boundaries.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea1e577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/H5Fed_boundaries.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#ifndef __H5FED_BOUNDARIES_H
+#define __H5FED_BOUNDARIES_H
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedAddBoundary (
+	h5_file * const f
+	);
+
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedOpenBoundary (
+	h5_file * const f,
+	const h5_id_t boundary_id
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedCloseBoundary (
+	h5_file *f
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedAddNumBoundaryfaces (
+	h5_file * const f,
+	const h5_id_t num_boundaryfaces
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStoreBoundaryface (
+	h5_file *f,
+	h5_id_t *global_vids
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStoreBoundaryfaceGlobalID (
+	h5_file *f,
+	h5_id_t global_fid
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStoreBoundaryfaceLocalID (
+	h5_file *f,
+	h5_id_t local_fid
+	);
+
+h5_err_t
+H5FedStartTraverseBoundaryfaces (
+	h5_file * const f
+	);
+
+h5_id_t
+H5FedTraverseBoundaryfaces (
+	h5_file * const f,
+	h5_id_t * const id,
+	h5_id_t * const parent_id,
+	h5_id_t vertex_ids[3]
+	);
+
+#endif