diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b4164c1638448728ad32348a76ee92d3689eebc..ddeaaf8b235dc217fbfb6559e66bd665d1f31745 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ tests/brute_force_standard.dat
 tests/swift_dopair_standard.dat
 tests/brute_force_perturbed.dat
 tests/swift_dopair_perturbed.dat
+tests/test27cells
+tests/brute_force_27_standard.dat
+tests/swift_dopair_27_standard.dat
+tests/brute_force_27_perturbed.dat
+tests/swift_dopair_27_perturbed.dat
 tests/testGreetings
 tests/testReading
 tests/input.hdf5
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 869f2060f0b1cf3415ea67571a23f67d80c0f51d..a35344790967d3cc3f5d299c6f9af3cb4c2fab43 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ AM_CFLAGS = -I../src $(HDF5_CPPFLAGS) -DTIMER
 AM_LDFLAGS = ../src/.libs/libswiftsim.a $(HDF5_LDFLAGS) $(HDF5_LIBS)
 
 # List of programs and scripts to run in the test suite
-TESTS = testGreetings testReading.sh testSingle testPair.sh testPairPerturbed.sh
+TESTS = testGreetings testReading.sh testSingle testPair.sh testPairPerturbed.sh \
+	test27cells.sh test27cellsPerturbed.sh
 
 # List of test programs to compile
 check_PROGRAMS = testGreetings testReading testSingle testTimeIntegration \
-		 testSPHStep testPair
+		 testSPHStep testPair test27cells
 
 # Sources for the individual programs
 testGreetings_SOURCES = testGreetings.c
@@ -40,5 +41,8 @@ testSingle_SOURCES = testSingle.c
 
 testPair_SOURCES = testPair.c
 
+test27cells_SOURCES = test27cells.c
+
 # Files necessary for distribution
-EXTRA_DIST = testReading.sh makeInput.py testPair.sh testPairPerturbed.sh
+EXTRA_DIST = testReading.sh makeInput.py testPair.sh testPairPerturbed.sh \
+	     test27cells.sh test27cellsPerturbed.sh
diff --git a/tests/test27cells.c b/tests/test27cells.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3bb898cd77cdc4e490aac3a5d7f2bec3e418085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test27cells.c
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * This file is part of SWIFT.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Matthieu Schaller (matthieu.schaller@durham.ac.uk).
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <fenv.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "swift.h"
+
+/**
+ * Returns a random number (uniformly distributed) in [a,b[
+ */
+double random_uniform(double a, double b) {
+  return (rand() / (double)RAND_MAX) * (a - b) + a;
+}
+
+/* n is both particles per axis and box size:
+ * particles are generated on a mesh with unit spacing
+ */
+struct cell *make_cell(size_t n, double *offset, double h,
+                       unsigned long long *partId, double pert) {
+  size_t count = n * n * n;
+  struct cell *cell = malloc(sizeof(struct cell));
+  bzero(cell, sizeof(struct cell));
+  struct part *part;
+  size_t x, y, z, size;
+
+  size = count * sizeof(struct part);
+  if (posix_memalign((void **)&cell->parts, part_align, size) != 0) {
+    error("couldn't allocate particles, no. of particles: %d", (int)count);
+  }
+  bzero(cell->parts, count * sizeof(struct part));
+
+  part = cell->parts;
+  for (x = 0; x < n; ++x) {
+    for (y = 0; y < n; ++y) {
+      for (z = 0; z < n; ++z) {
+        // Add .5 for symmetry: 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 vs. 0, 1, 2
+        part->x[0] = x + offset[0] + 0.5 + random_uniform(-0.5, 0.5) * pert;
+        part->x[1] = y + offset[1] + 0.5 + random_uniform(-0.5, 0.5) * pert;
+        part->x[2] = z + offset[2] + 0.5 + random_uniform(-0.5, 0.5) * pert;
+        part->v[0] = 1.0f;
+        part->v[1] = 1.0f;
+        part->v[2] = 1.0f;
+        part->h = h;
+        part->id = ++(*partId);
+        part->mass = 1.0f;
+        part->ti_begin = 0;
+        part->ti_end = 1;
+        ++part;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  cell->split = 0;
+  cell->h_max = h;
+  cell->count = count;
+  cell->dx_max = 0.;
+  cell->h[0] = n;
+  cell->h[1] = n;
+  cell->h[2] = n;
+  cell->loc[0] = offset[0];
+  cell->loc[1] = offset[1];
+  cell->loc[2] = offset[2];
+
+  cell->ti_end_min = 1;
+  cell->ti_end_max = 1;
+
+  cell->sorted = 0;
+  cell->sort = NULL;
+  cell->sortsize = 0;
+  runner_dosort(NULL, cell, 0x1FFF, 0);
+
+  return cell;
+}
+
+void clean_up(struct cell *ci) {
+  free(ci->parts);
+  free(ci->sort);
+  free(ci);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Initializes all particles field to be ready for a density calculation
+ */
+void zero_particle_fields(struct cell *c) {
+
+  for (size_t pid = 0; pid < c->count; pid++) {
+    c->parts[pid].rho = 0.f;
+    c->parts[pid].rho_dh = 0.f;
+    hydro_init_part(&c->parts[pid]);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Dump all the particles to a file
+ */
+void dump_particle_fields(char *fileName, struct cell *ci, struct cell *cj) {
+
+  FILE *file = fopen(fileName, "w");
+
+  fprintf(file,
+          "# ID  pos:[x y z]  rho  rho_dh  wcount  wcount_dh  div_v  curl_v:[x "
+          "y z]\n");
+
+  for (size_t pid = 0; pid < ci->count; pid++) {
+    fprintf(file, "%6llu %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f\n", ci->parts[pid].id,
+            ci->parts[pid].x[0], ci->parts[pid].x[1], ci->parts[pid].x[2],
+            ci->parts[pid].rho, ci->parts[pid].rho_dh,
+            ci->parts[pid].density.wcount, ci->parts[pid].density.wcount_dh,
+            ci->parts[pid].div_v, ci->parts[pid].density.rot_v[0],
+            ci->parts[pid].density.rot_v[1], ci->parts[pid].density.rot_v[2]);
+  }
+
+  fprintf(file, "# -----------------------------------\n");
+
+  for (size_t pjd = 0; pjd < cj->count; pjd++) {
+    fprintf(file, "%6llu %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f\n", cj->parts[pjd].id,
+            cj->parts[pjd].x[0], cj->parts[pjd].x[1], cj->parts[pjd].x[2],
+            cj->parts[pjd].rho, cj->parts[pjd].rho_dh,
+            cj->parts[pjd].density.wcount, cj->parts[pjd].density.wcount_dh,
+            cj->parts[pjd].div_v, cj->parts[pjd].density.rot_v[0],
+            cj->parts[pjd].density.rot_v[1], cj->parts[pjd].density.rot_v[2]);
+  }
+
+  fclose(file);
+}
+
+/* Just a forward declaration... */
+void runner_dopair1_density(struct runner *r, struct cell *ci, struct cell *cj);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  size_t particles = 0, runs = 0, volume, type = 0;
+  double offset[3] = {0, 0, 0}, h = 1.1255;
+  double perturbation = 0.1;
+  struct cell *ci, *cj;
+  struct space space;
+  struct engine engine;
+  struct runner runner;
+  char c;
+  static unsigned long long partId = 0;
+  char outputFileNameExtension[200] = "";
+  char outputFileName[200] = "";
+  ticks tic, toc, time;
+
+  /* Initialize CPU frequency, this also starts time. */
+  unsigned long long cpufreq = 0;
+  clocks_set_cpufreq(cpufreq);
+
+  srand(0);
+
+  while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "h:p:r:t:d:f:")) != -1) {
+    switch (c) {
+      case 'h':
+        sscanf(optarg, "%lf", &h);
+        break;
+      case 'p':
+        sscanf(optarg, "%zu", &particles);
+        break;
+      case 'r':
+        sscanf(optarg, "%zu", &runs);
+        break;
+      case 't':
+        sscanf(optarg, "%zu", &type);
+        break;
+      case 'd':
+        sscanf(optarg, "%lf", &perturbation);
+        break;
+      case 'f':
+        strcpy(outputFileNameExtension, optarg);
+        break;
+      case '?':
+        error("Unknown option.");
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (h < 0 || particles == 0 || runs == 0 || type > 2) {
+    printf(
+        "\nUsage: %s -p PARTICLES_PER_AXIS -r NUMBER_OF_RUNS [OPTIONS...]\n"
+        "\nGenerates a cell pair, filled with particles on a Cartesian grid."
+        "\nThese are then interacted using runner_dopair1_density."
+        "\n\nOptions:"
+        "\n-t TYPE=0          - cells share face (0), edge (1) or corner (2)"
+        "\n-h DISTANCE=1.1255 - smoothing length"
+        "\n-d pert            - perturbation to apply to the particles [0,1["
+        "\n-f fileName        - part of the file name used to save the dumps\n",
+        argv[0]);
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  space.periodic = 0;
+  space.h_max = h;
+  space.dt_step = 0.1;
+
+  engine.s = &space;
+  engine.time = 0.1f;
+  engine.ti_current = 1;
+  runner.e = &engine;
+
+  volume = particles * particles * particles;
+  message("particles: %zu B\npositions: 0 B", 2 * volume * sizeof(struct part));
+
+  ci = make_cell(particles, offset, h, &partId, perturbation);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < type + 1; ++i) offset[i] = particles;
+  cj = make_cell(particles, offset, h, &partId, perturbation);
+
+  time = 0;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < runs; ++i) {
+
+    /* Zero the fields */
+    zero_particle_fields(ci);
+    zero_particle_fields(cj);
+
+    tic = getticks();
+
+    /* Run the test */
+    runner_dopair1_density(&runner, ci, cj);
+
+    toc = getticks();
+    time += toc - tic;
+
+    /* Dump if necessary */
+    if (i % 50 == 0) {
+      sprintf(outputFileName, "swift_dopair_27_%s.dat", outputFileNameExtension);
+      dump_particle_fields(outputFileName, ci, cj);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* Output timing */
+  message("SWIFT calculation took       %lli ticks.", time / runs);
+
+  /* Now perform a brute-force version for accuracy tests */
+
+  /* Zero the fields */
+  zero_particle_fields(ci);
+  zero_particle_fields(cj);
+
+  tic = getticks();
+
+  /* Run the brute-force test */
+  pairs_all_density(&runner, ci, cj);
+
+  toc = getticks();
+
+  /* Dump */
+  sprintf(outputFileName, "brute_force_27_%s.dat", outputFileNameExtension);
+  dump_particle_fields(outputFileName, ci, cj);
+
+  /* Output timing */
+  message("Brute force calculation took %lli ticks.", toc - tic);
+
+  /* Clean things to make the sanitizer happy ... */
+  clean_up(ci);
+  clean_up(cj);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/test27cells.sh b/tests/test27cells.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03fb5e093525c22495d61997a08f038af99c4675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test27cells.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+rm brute_force_27_standard.dat swift_dopair_27_standard.dat
+
+./test27cells -p 6 -r 1 -d 0 -f standard
+
+python difffloat.py brute_force_27_standard.dat swift_dopair_27_standard.dat 1e-5 5e-6
+
+exit $?
diff --git a/tests/test27cellsPerturbed.sh b/tests/test27cellsPerturbed.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d2f6d4762386aa53d2321fdaff396454fb2ff1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test27cellsPerturbed.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+rm brute_force_27_perturbed.dat swift_dopair_27_perturbed.dat
+
+./test27cells -p 6 -r 1 -d 0.1 -f perturbed
+
+python difffloat.py brute_force_27_perturbed.dat swift_dopair_27_perturbed.dat 1e-5 5e-6
+
+exit $?