diff --git a/src/ip_grid_factory_mod.F90 b/src/ip_grid_factory_mod.F90
index 4eb7a816..2fa3c4d0 100644
--- a/src/ip_grid_factory_mod.F90
+++ b/src/ip_grid_factory_mod.F90
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ subroutine init_grid_grib2(grid, g2_desc)
        allocate(ip_lambert_conf_grid::grid)
     case(GAUSSIAN_GRID_ID_GRIB2)
        allocate(ip_gaussian_grid::grid)
+    case(ROT_EQUID_CYLIND_E_GRID_ID_GRIB2)
+       allocate(ip_rot_equid_cylind_egrid::grid)
+    case(ROT_EQUID_CYLIND_B_GRID_ID_GRIB2)
+       allocate(ip_rot_equid_cylind_grid::grid)
     case default
        print *, "gdt_num: ", g2_desc%gdt_num, " not recognized"
        error stop
diff --git a/src/ip_grid_mod.F90 b/src/ip_grid_mod.F90
index 613a7b19..07f3b20c 100644
--- a/src/ip_grid_mod.F90
+++ b/src/ip_grid_mod.F90
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ module ip_grid_mod
   integer, public, parameter :: POLAR_STEREO_GRID_ID_GRIB2 = 20 !< Integer grid number for polar stereo grid in grib2
   integer, public, parameter :: LAMBERT_CONF_GRID_ID_GRIB2 = 30 !< Integer grid number for Lambert conformal grid in grib2
   integer, public, parameter :: GAUSSIAN_GRID_ID_GRIB2 = 40 !< Integer grid number for Gaussian grid in grib2
+  integer, public, parameter :: ROT_EQUID_CYLIND_E_GRID_ID_GRIB2 = 32768 !< Integer grid number for rotated equidistant cylindrical E-stagger grid (grib2)
+  integer, public, parameter :: ROT_EQUID_CYLIND_B_GRID_ID_GRIB2 = 32769 !< Integer grid number for rotated equidistant cylindrical B-stagger grid (grib2)
 
   private
   public :: ip_grid
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 865e18bd..5393d926 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ foreach(kind ${kinds})
   add_test(test_polar_stereo_neighbor_budget_vector_grib2_${kind} test_vector_grib2_${kind} 212 6)
   add_test(test_rotatedB_spectral_vector_grib2_${kind} test_vector_grib2_${kind} 205 4)
   add_test(test_rotatedE_budget_vector_grib2_${kind} test_vector_grib2_${kind} 203 3)
+  add_test(test_rotatedB_direct_spectral_vector_grib2_${kind} test_vector_grib2_${kind} 32769 4)
+  add_test(test_rotatedE_direct_budget_vector_grib2_${kind} test_vector_grib2_${kind} 32768 3)
 
   # vector station point tests
   add_test(test_station_points_bilinear_vector_grib2_${kind} test_vector_grib2_${kind} -1 0)
diff --git a/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/4_byte_bin/grid32768.opt3.bin_4 b/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/4_byte_bin/grid32768.opt3.bin_4
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/4_byte_bin/grid32769.opt4.bin_4 b/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/4_byte_bin/grid32769.opt4.bin_4
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/8_byte_bin/grid32768.opt3.bin_8 b/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/8_byte_bin/grid32768.opt3.bin_8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbdc557c
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diff --git a/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/8_byte_bin/grid32769.opt4.bin_8 b/tests/data/baseline_data/grib2/vector/8_byte_bin/grid32769.opt4.bin_8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..134ddbb7
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diff --git a/tests/interp_mod_grib2.F90 b/tests/interp_mod_grib2.F90
index 98d63800..cef88be6 100644
--- a/tests/interp_mod_grib2.F90
+++ b/tests/interp_mod_grib2.F90
@@ -540,6 +540,20 @@ subroutine interp_vector(grid, interp_opt)
        output_gdtmpl=gdtmpl218
        i_output = output_gdtmpl(8)
        j_output = output_gdtmpl(9)
+    case ('32768')
+       output_gdtnum = 32768
+       output_gdtlen = gdtlen203
+       allocate(output_gdtmpl(output_gdtlen))
+       output_gdtmpl=gdtmpl203
+       i_output = output_gdtmpl(8)
+       j_output = output_gdtmpl(9)
+    case ('32769')
+       output_gdtnum = 32769
+       output_gdtlen = gdtlen205
+       allocate(output_gdtmpl(output_gdtlen))
+       output_gdtmpl=gdtmpl205
+       i_output = output_gdtmpl(8)
+       j_output = output_gdtmpl(9)
     case default
        print*,"ERROR: ENTER VALID GRID NUMBER."
        stop 55