diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
index f1bb3b89..940ff9dd 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,3 +173,13 @@ externalproject_add(dem2mesh
     BUILD_COMMAND     make
     INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
 )
+
+externalproject_add(dem2points
+    GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/OpenDroneMap/dem2points.git
+    GIT_TAG           master
+    SOURCE_DIR        ${SB_SOURCE_DIR}/dem2points
+    UPDATE_COMMAND    ""
+    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    BUILD_COMMAND     make
+    INSTALL_COMMAND   ""
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/opendm/context.py b/opendm/context.py
index d3a1559f..53edb9d8 100644
--- a/opendm/context.py
+++ b/opendm/context.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ smvs_path = os.path.join(superbuild_path, 'src', 'elibs', 'smvs', 'app', 'smvsre
 
 poisson_recon_path = os.path.join(superbuild_path, 'src', 'PoissonRecon', 'Bin', 'Linux', 'PoissonRecon')
 dem2mesh_path = os.path.join(superbuild_path, 'src', 'dem2mesh', 'dem2mesh')
+dem2points_path = os.path.join(superbuild_path, 'src', 'dem2points', 'dem2points')
+
 
 # define mvstex path
 mvstex_path = os.path.join(superbuild_path, "install/bin/texrecon")
diff --git a/opendm/mesh.py b/opendm/mesh.py
index 3c24ba41..155f3934 100644
--- a/opendm/mesh.py
+++ b/opendm/mesh.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from opendm import context
 from scipy import signal, ndimage
 import numpy as np
 
-def create_25dmesh(inPointCloud, outMesh, dsm_radius=0.07, dsm_resolution=0.05, depth=8, samples=1, maxVertexCount=100000, verbose=False, max_workers=None):
+def create_25dmesh(inPointCloud, outMesh, dsm_radius=0.07, dsm_resolution=0.05, depth=8, samples=1, maxVertexCount=100000, verbose=False, max_workers=None, method='gridded'):
     # Create DSM from point cloud
 
     # Create temporary directory
@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ def create_25dmesh(inPointCloud, outMesh, dsm_radius=0.07, dsm_resolution=0.05,
             max_workers=max_workers
         )
 
-    mesh = dem_to_mesh(os.path.join(tmp_directory, 'mesh_dsm.tif'), outMesh, maxVertexCount, verbose)
+    if method == 'gridded':
+        mesh = dem_to_mesh_gridded(os.path.join(tmp_directory, 'mesh_dsm.tif'), outMesh, maxVertexCount, verbose)
+    elif method == 'poisson':
+        dsm_points = dem_to_points(os.path.join(tmp_directory, 'mesh_dsm.tif'), os.path.join(tmp_directory, 'dsm_points.ply'), verbose)
+        mesh = screened_poisson_reconstruction(dsm_points, outMesh, depth=depth, 
+                                    samples=samples, 
+                                    maxVertexCount=maxVertexCount, 
+                                    threads=max_workers,
+                                    verbose=verbose)
+    else:
+        raise 'Not a valid method: ' + method
 
     # Cleanup tmp
     if os.path.exists(tmp_directory):
@@ -43,7 +53,28 @@ def create_25dmesh(inPointCloud, outMesh, dsm_radius=0.07, dsm_resolution=0.05,
 
     return mesh
 
-def dem_to_mesh(inGeotiff, outPointCloud, maxVertexCount, verbose=False):
+
+def dem_to_points(inGeotiff, outPointCloud, verbose=False):
+    log.ODM_INFO('Sampling points from DSM: %s' % inGeotiff)
+
+    kwargs = {
+        'bin': context.dem2points_path,
+        'outfile': outPointCloud,
+        'infile': inGeotiff,
+        'verbose': '-verbose' if verbose else ''
+    }
+
+    system.run('{bin} -inputFile {infile} '
+         '-outputFile {outfile} '
+         '-skirtHeightThreshold 1.5 '
+         '-skirtIncrements 0.2 '
+         '-skirtHeightCap 100 '
+         ' {verbose} '.format(**kwargs))
+
+    return outPointCloud
+
+
+def dem_to_mesh_gridded(inGeotiff, outPointCloud, maxVertexCount, verbose=False):
     log.ODM_INFO('Creating mesh from DSM: %s' % inGeotiff)
 
     kwargs = {
diff --git a/scripts/odm_meshing.py b/scripts/odm_meshing.py
index 64457b19..0ff6bf38 100644
--- a/scripts/odm_meshing.py
+++ b/scripts/odm_meshing.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class ODMeshingCell(ecto.Cell):
                   dsm_radius *= 2
 
               log.ODM_DEBUG('ODM 2.5D DSM resolution: %s' % dsm_resolution)
-
+              
               mesh.create_25dmesh(infile, tree.odm_25dmesh,
                     dsm_radius=dsm_radius,
                     dsm_resolution=dsm_resolution, 
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ class ODMeshingCell(ecto.Cell):
                     maxVertexCount=self.params.max_vertex,
                     samples=self.params.samples,
                     verbose=self.params.verbose,
-                    max_workers=args.max_concurrency)
+                    max_workers=args.max_concurrency,
+                    method='poisson' if args.fast_orthophoto else 'gridded')
           else:
               log.ODM_WARNING('Found a valid ODM 2.5D Mesh file in: %s' %
                               tree.odm_25dmesh)