diff --git a/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.cpp b/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.cpp
index c6c382eaa10..29ed8f2d7e1 100644
--- a/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.cpp
+++ b/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ void
 DynamicData::initFromDydFiles(const std::vector <string>& fileNames) {
   dynamicdata::XmlImporter importer;
 
-  dynamicModelsCollection_ = importer.importFromDydFiles(fileNames);
+  setDynamicModelsCollection(importer.importFromDydFiles(fileNames));
+}
+
+void
+DynamicData::setDynamicModelsCollection(const boost::shared_ptr<dynamicdata::DynamicModelsCollection>& dynamicModelsCollection) {
+  dynamicModelsCollection_ = dynamicModelsCollection;
 
   createModelDescriptions();
 
diff --git a/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.h b/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.h
index 6f65116b4b2..b559f7060ff 100644
--- a/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.h
+++ b/dynawo/sources/Modeler/Common/DYNDynamicData.h
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ class DynamicData : public boost::noncopyable {
    */
   void initFromDydFiles(const std::vector <std::string>& fileNames);
 
+  /**
+  * @brief set of dynamic models collection
+  * @param dynamicModelsCollection the dynamic data model
+  */
+  void setDynamicModelsCollection(const boost::shared_ptr<dynamicdata::DynamicModelsCollection>& dynamicModelsCollection);
+
   /**
    * @brief get network parameters from a directory
    * @param parFile parameter file