diff --git a/Eigen/Sparse b/Eigen/Sparse
index 0e5da9c3a..2364c6fe4 100644
--- a/Eigen/Sparse
+++ b/Eigen/Sparse
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ namespace Eigen {
 #include "src/Sparse/SparseMatrixBase.h"
 #include "src/Sparse/SparseArray.h"
 #include "src/Sparse/AmbiVector.h"
+#include "src/Sparse/RandomSetter.h"
 #include "src/Sparse/SparseBlock.h"
 #include "src/Sparse/SparseMatrix.h"
 #include "src/Sparse/HashMatrix.h"
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Sparse/RandomSetter.h b/Eigen/src/Sparse/RandomSetter.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efe8ba2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Eigen/src/Sparse/RandomSetter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra. Eigen itself is part of the KDE project.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2008 Gael Guennebaud <g.gael@free.fr>
+//
+// Eigen 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.
+//
+// Alternatively, you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Eigen 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 Lesser General Public License or the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License and a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+// Eigen. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#ifndef EIGEN_RANDOMSETTER_H
+#define EIGEN_RANDOMSETTER_H
+
+template<typename Scalar> struct StdMapTraits
+{
+  typedef int KeyType;
+  typedef std::map<KeyType,Scalar> Type;
+
+  static void setInvalidKey(Type&, const KeyType&) {}
+};
+
+#ifdef _HASH_MAP
+template<typename Scalar> struct GnuHashMapTraits
+{
+  typedef int KeyType;
+  typedef __gnu_cxx::hash_map<KeyType,Scalar> Type;
+
+  static void setInvalidKey(Type&, const KeyType&) {}
+};
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _DENSE_HASH_MAP_H_
+template<typename Scalar> struct GoogleDenseHashMapTraits
+{
+  typedef int KeyType;
+  typedef google::dense_hash_map<KeyType,Scalar> Type;
+
+  static void setInvalidKey(Type& map, const KeyType& k)
+  { map.set_empty_key(k); }
+};
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _SPARSE_HASH_MAP_H_
+template<typename Scalar> struct GoogleSparseHashMapTraits
+{
+  typedef int KeyType;
+  typedef google::sparse_hash_map<KeyType,Scalar> Type;
+
+  static void setInvalidKey(Type&, const KeyType&) {}
+};
+#endif
+
+/** \class RandomSetter
+  *
+  */
+template<typename SparseMatrixType,
+         template <typename T> class HashMapTraits = StdMapTraits,
+         int OuterPacketBits = 6>
+class RandomSetter
+{
+    typedef typename ei_traits<SparseMatrixType>::Scalar Scalar;
+    struct ScalarWrapper
+    {
+      ScalarWrapper() : value(0) {}
+      Scalar value;
+    };
+    typedef typename HashMapTraits<ScalarWrapper>::KeyType KeyType;
+    typedef typename HashMapTraits<ScalarWrapper>::Type HashMapType;
+    static const int OuterPacketMask = (1 << OuterPacketBits) - 1;
+    enum {
+      RowMajor = SparseMatrixType::Flags & RowMajorBit
+    };
+
+  public:
+
+    inline RandomSetter(SparseMatrixType& target)
+      : mp_target(&target)
+    {
+      int outerPackets = target.outerSize() >> OuterPacketBits;
+      if (target.outerSize()&OuterPacketMask)
+        outerPackets += 1;
+      m_hashmaps = new HashMapType[outerPackets];
+      KeyType ik = (1<<OuterPacketBits)*mp_target->innerSize()+1;
+      for (int k=0; k<outerPackets; ++k)
+        HashMapTraits<ScalarWrapper>::setInvalidKey(m_hashmaps[k],ik);
+    }
+
+    ~RandomSetter()
+    {
+      delete[] m_hashmaps;
+    }
+
+    Scalar& operator() (int row, int col)
+    {
+      const int outer = RowMajor ? row : col;
+      const int inner = RowMajor ? col : row;
+      const int outerMajor = outer >> OuterPacketBits;
+      const int outerMinor = outer & OuterPacketMask;
+      const KeyType key = inner + outerMinor * mp_target->innerSize();
+
+      return m_hashmaps[outerMajor][key].value;
+    }
+
+
+  protected:
+
+    HashMapType* m_hashmaps;
+    SparseMatrixType* mp_target;
+};
+
+#endif // EIGEN_RANDOMSETTER_H