diff --git a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_mesh.cpp b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_mesh.cpp
index 10b037ab4b1..a02449a7594 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/blender/blender_mesh.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/blender/blender_mesh.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "util_foreach.h"
 #include "util_logging.h"
+#include "util_math.h"
 
 #include "mikktspace.h"
 
@@ -387,6 +388,68 @@ static void create_mesh(Scene *scene, Mesh *mesh, BL::Mesh b_mesh, const vector<
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* create vertex pointiness attributes */
+	/* TODO(sergey): Consider moving all the attribute creation into own
+	 * functions for clarity.
+	 */
+	{
+		if(mesh->need_attribute(scene, ATTR_STD_POINTINESS)) {
+			Attribute *attr = mesh->attributes.add(ATTR_STD_POINTINESS);
+			float *data = attr->data_float();
+			int *counter = new int[numverts];
+			float *raw_data = new float[numverts];
+			float3 *edge_accum = new float3[numverts];
+
+			/* Calculate pointiness using single ring neighborhood. */
+			memset(counter, 0, sizeof(int) * numverts);
+			memset(raw_data, 0, sizeof(float) * numverts);
+			memset(edge_accum, 0, sizeof(float3) * numverts);
+			BL::Mesh::edges_iterator e;
+			i = 0;
+			for(b_mesh.edges.begin(e); e != b_mesh.edges.end(); ++e, ++i) {
+				int v0 = b_mesh.edges[i].vertices()[0],
+				    v1 = b_mesh.edges[i].vertices()[1];
+				float3 co0 = get_float3(b_mesh.vertices[v0].co()),
+				       co1 = get_float3(b_mesh.vertices[v1].co());
+				edge_accum[v0] += normalize(co1 - co0);
+				edge_accum[v1] += normalize(co0 - co1);
+				++counter[v0];
+				++counter[v1];
+			}
+			i = 0;
+			for(b_mesh.vertices.begin(v); v != b_mesh.vertices.end(); ++v, ++i) {
+				if(counter[i] > 0) {
+					float3 normal = get_float3(b_mesh.vertices[i].normal());
+					float angle = safe_acosf(dot(normal, edge_accum[i] / counter[i]));
+					raw_data[i] = angle * M_1_PI_F;
+				}
+				else {
+					raw_data[i] = 0.0f;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/* Blur vertices to approximate 2 ring neighborhood. */
+			memset(counter, 0, sizeof(int) * numverts);
+			memcpy(data, raw_data, sizeof(float) * numverts);
+			i = 0;
+			for(b_mesh.edges.begin(e); e != b_mesh.edges.end(); ++e, ++i) {
+				int v0 = b_mesh.edges[i].vertices()[0],
+				    v1 = b_mesh.edges[i].vertices()[1];
+				data[v0] += raw_data[v1];
+				data[v1] += raw_data[v0];
+				++counter[v0];
+				++counter[v1];
+			}
+			for(i = 0; i < numverts; ++i) {
+				data[i] /= counter[i] + 1;
+			}
+
+			delete [] counter;
+			delete [] raw_data;
+			delete [] edge_accum;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* create uv map attributes */
 	if (b_mesh.tessface_uv_textures.length() != 0) {
 		BL::Mesh::tessface_uv_textures_iterator l;
diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/kernel_types.h b/intern/cycles/kernel/kernel_types.h
index 77d3ea874d0..680094dcd0e 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/kernel_types.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/kernel_types.h
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ typedef enum AttributeStandard {
 	ATTR_STD_VOLUME_FLAME,
 	ATTR_STD_VOLUME_HEAT,
 	ATTR_STD_VOLUME_VELOCITY,
+	ATTR_STD_POINTINESS,
 	ATTR_STD_NUM,
 
 	ATTR_STD_NOT_FOUND = ~0
diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/shaders/node_geometry.osl b/intern/cycles/kernel/shaders/node_geometry.osl
index 580ccba8238..2bbaaff2133 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/shaders/node_geometry.osl
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/shaders/node_geometry.osl
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ shader node_geometry(
 	output normal TrueNormal = normal(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
 	output vector Incoming = vector(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
 	output point Parametric = point(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
-	output float Backfacing = 0.0)
+	output float Backfacing = 0.0,
+	output float Pointiness = 0.0)
 {
 	Position = P;
 	Normal = NormalIn;
@@ -57,5 +58,7 @@ shader node_geometry(
 		/* otherwise use surface derivatives */
 		Tangent = normalize(dPdu);
 	}
+
+	getattribute("geom:pointiness", Pointiness);
 }
 
diff --git a/intern/cycles/render/attribute.cpp b/intern/cycles/render/attribute.cpp
index bf83c970bf8..656420f5dbc 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/render/attribute.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/render/attribute.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ const char *Attribute::standard_name(AttributeStandard std)
 			return "heat";
 		case ATTR_STD_VOLUME_VELOCITY:
 			return "velocity";
+		case ATTR_STD_POINTINESS:
+			return "pointiness";
 		case ATTR_STD_NOT_FOUND:
 		case ATTR_STD_NONE:
 		case ATTR_STD_NUM:
@@ -375,6 +377,9 @@ Attribute *AttributeSet::add(AttributeStandard std, ustring name)
 			case ATTR_STD_VOLUME_VELOCITY:
 				attr = add(name, TypeDesc::TypeVector, ATTR_ELEMENT_VOXEL);
 				break;
+			case ATTR_STD_POINTINESS:
+				attr = add(name, TypeDesc::TypeFloat, ATTR_ELEMENT_VERTEX);
+				break;
 			default:
 				assert(0);
 				break;
@@ -395,6 +400,9 @@ Attribute *AttributeSet::add(AttributeStandard std, ustring name)
 			case ATTR_STD_GENERATED_TRANSFORM:
 				attr = add(name, TypeDesc::TypeMatrix, ATTR_ELEMENT_MESH);
 				break;
+			case ATTR_STD_POINTINESS:
+				attr = add(name, TypeDesc::TypeFloat, ATTR_ELEMENT_VERTEX);
+				break;
 			default:
 				assert(0);
 				break;
diff --git a/intern/cycles/render/nodes.cpp b/intern/cycles/render/nodes.cpp
index 3448209f101..46c962b16c3 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/render/nodes.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/render/nodes.cpp
@@ -2171,13 +2171,18 @@ GeometryNode::GeometryNode()
 	add_output("Incoming", SHADER_SOCKET_VECTOR);
 	add_output("Parametric", SHADER_SOCKET_POINT);
 	add_output("Backfacing", SHADER_SOCKET_FLOAT);
+	add_output("Pointiness", SHADER_SOCKET_FLOAT);
 }
 
 void GeometryNode::attributes(Shader *shader, AttributeRequestSet *attributes)
 {
 	if(shader->has_surface) {
-		if(!output("Tangent")->links.empty())
+		if(!output("Tangent")->links.empty()) {
 			attributes->add(ATTR_STD_GENERATED);
+		}
+		if(!output("Pointiness")->links.empty()) {
+			attributes->add(ATTR_STD_POINTINESS);
+		}
 	}
 
 	ShaderNode::attributes(shader, attributes);
@@ -2234,6 +2239,15 @@ void GeometryNode::compile(SVMCompiler& compiler)
 		compiler.stack_assign(out);
 		compiler.add_node(NODE_LIGHT_PATH, NODE_LP_backfacing, out->stack_offset);
 	}
+
+	out = output("Pointiness");
+	if(!out->links.empty()) {
+		compiler.stack_assign(out);
+		compiler.add_node(NODE_ATTR,
+		                  ATTR_STD_POINTINESS,
+		                  out->stack_offset,
+		                  NODE_ATTR_FLOAT);
+	}
 }
 
 void GeometryNode::compile(OSLCompiler& compiler)
diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_geometry.c b/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_geometry.c
index 01851b51c27..553ea65154f 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_geometry.c
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/shader/nodes/node_shader_geometry.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static bNodeSocketTemplate sh_node_geometry_out[] = {
 	{	SOCK_VECTOR, 0, N_("Incoming"),			0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f},
 	{	SOCK_VECTOR, 0, N_("Parametric"),		0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f},
 	{	SOCK_FLOAT,  0, N_("Backfacing"),		0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f},
+	{	SOCK_FLOAT,  0, N_("Pointiness"),		0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f},
 	{	-1, 0, ""	}
 };