diff --git a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/patch/etc/pqact.conf.template b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/patch/etc/pqact.conf.template
index b439c11858..c12b13723e 100644
--- a/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/patch/etc/pqact.conf.template
+++ b/rpms/awips2.core/Installer.ldm/patch/etc/pqact.conf.template
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #20150121            4014 dgilling    Add pattern for ETSS.
 #20150202            4066 rferrel     Add pattern form Earth Networks Total Lightning: SFPA42
 #20150507            4434 skorolev    Add pattern for GFS20
+#20150820        DR 17915 mporricelli Add pattern for GFS229 (1 deg GFS)
 #***************************************************************
 # AWIPS 1 PATTERN GRAPHIC	^[PQ].*				/redbook/Raw
 # PGNA00 KWNS 010001 !redbook 1_1/NMCGPHMCD/MCDSUM/PXSF001CN/20110201 0001
@@ -833,6 +834,11 @@ NGRID	^(MHR...) (KNHC) (..)(..)(..)
 NGRID	^([YZ][BCE-HMO-Y][BEFN][A-Z][0-9][0-9]) KWBC (..)(..)(..) [^!]*!(grib2)/[^/]*/([^/]*)/#([^/]*)/([0-9]{8})([0-9]{4})(F[0-9]{3})/([^/]*)
 	FILE	-overwrite -log -close -edex	/data_store/grib2/(\2:yyyy)(\2:mm)\2/\3/\6/GRID\7/\9Z_\(10)_\(11)_\1_KWBC_\2\3\4_(seq).\5.%Y%m%d%H
 
+# GFS 1deg Global (GFS229)
+#
+NGRID	^([YZ][BCE-HMO-Y]P[A-Z][0-9][0-9]) (KWBC) (..)(..)(..)[^!]*!(grib|grib2)/[^/]*/([^/]*)/#([^/]*)/([0-9]{8})([0-9]{4})(F[0-9]{3})/([^/]*)
+	FILE	-overwrite -log -close -edex	/data_store/\6/(\3:yyyy)(\3:mm)\3/\4/\7/GRID\8/\(10)Z_\(11)_\(12)-\1_\2_\3\4\5_(seq).\6.%Y%m%d%H
+
 # Encrypted WCL
 ANY	^(NWUS64) KWNS (..)(..)(..)
 	PIPE	-close	/usr/local/ldm/decoders/decrypt_file