diff --git a/compute/CMakeLists.txt b/compute/CMakeLists.txt
index db91b1d3b5cfed66eafc42fdcc0e16049fbaea4d..d4b97797a312ddfb6ca28c31ebde693afaba14cd 100644
--- a/compute/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compute/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ set(CHAMELEON_CONTROL
     ../control/context.c
     ../control/control.c
     ../control/descriptor.c
+    ../control/descriptor_rec.c
     ../control/workspace.c
     ../control/tile.c
     ../control/chameleon_f77.c
diff --git a/control/descriptor_rec.c b/control/descriptor_rec.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6820b46ed2495d18125eca2ab0f05239665326d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/control/descriptor_rec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * @file descriptor_rec.c
+ *
+ * @copyright 2009-2014 The University of Tennessee and The University of
+ *                      Tennessee Research Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * @copyright 2012-2020 Bordeaux INP, CNRS (LaBRI UMR 5800), Inria,
+ *                      Univ. Bordeaux. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ ***
+ *
+ * @brief Chameleon descriptors routines
+ *
+ * @version 1.0.0
+ * @author Mathieu Faverge
+ * @author Gwenole Lucas
+ * @date 2020-03-03
+ *
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+#include "control/common.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "chameleon/runtime.h"
+
+static int
+chameleon_recdesc_create( const char *name, CHAM_desc_t **descptr, void *mat, cham_flttype_t dtyp,
+                          int *mb, int *nb,
+                          int lm, int ln, int m, int n, int p, int q,
+                          blkaddr_fct_t get_blkaddr, blkldd_fct_t get_blkldd, blkrankof_fct_t get_rankof )
+{
+    CHAM_desc_t *desc;
+    int rc;
+
+    /* Let's make sure we have at least one couple (mb, nb) defined */
+    assert( (mb[0] > 0) && (nb[0] > 0) );
+
+    /* Create the current layer descriptor */
+    rc = CHAMELEON_Desc_Create_User( descptr, mat, dtyp, mb[0], nb[0], mb[0] * nb[0],
+                                     lm, ln, 0, 0, m, n, 1, 1,
+                                     get_blkaddr, get_blkldd, get_rankof );
+    desc = *descptr;
+    desc->name = name;
+
+    if ( rc != CHAMELEON_SUCCESS ) {
+        return rc;
+    }
+
+    /* Move to the next tile size to recurse */
+    mb++;
+    nb++;
+    if ( (mb[0] <= 0) || (nb[0] <= 0) ) {
+        return CHAMELEON_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    for ( n=0; n<desc->nt; n++ ) {
+        for ( m=0; m<desc->mt; m++ ) {
+            CHAM_desc_t *tiledesc;
+            CHAM_tile_t *tile;
+            int tempmm, tempnn;
+            char *subname;
+
+            tile = desc->get_blktile( desc, m, n );
+            tempmm = m == desc->mt-1 ? desc->m - m * desc->mb : desc->mb;
+            tempnn = n == desc->nt-1 ? desc->n - n * desc->nb : desc->nb;
+            asprintf( &subname, "%s[%d,%d]", name, m, n );
+
+            chameleon_recdesc_create( subname, &tiledesc, tile->mat,
+                                      desc->dtyp, mb, nb,
+                                      tile->ld, tempnn, /* Abuse as ln is not used */
+                                      tempmm, tempnn,
+                                      1, 1,             /* can recurse only on local data */
+                                      chameleon_getaddr_cm, chameleon_getblkldd_cm, NULL);
+
+            tile->format = CHAMELEON_TILE_DESC;
+            tile->mat = tiledesc;
+
+            if ( rc != CHAMELEON_SUCCESS ) {
+                return rc;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return CHAMELEON_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+int
+CHAMELEON_Recursive_Desc_Create( CHAM_desc_t **descptr, void *mat, cham_flttype_t dtyp,
+                                 int *mb, int *nb, int lm, int ln, int m, int n, int p, int q,
+                                 blkaddr_fct_t get_blkaddr, blkldd_fct_t get_blkldd, blkrankof_fct_t get_rankof )
+{
+    /*
+     * The first layer must be allocated, otherwise we will give unitialized
+     * pointers to the lower layers
+     */
+    assert( (mat != CHAMELEON_MAT_ALLOC_TILE) &&
+            (mat != CHAMELEON_MAT_OOC) );
+
+    return chameleon_recdesc_create( "A", descptr, mat, dtyp,
+                                     mb, nb, lm, ln, m, n, p, q,
+                                     get_blkaddr, get_blkldd, get_rankof );
+}
diff --git a/include/chameleon.h b/include/chameleon.h
index 1dc06c76696437715be3e1dce47ce26e46c6ac37..49e9e4d06cf945c8c636a8717d5f44db5336dcea 100644
--- a/include/chameleon.h
+++ b/include/chameleon.h
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ int CHAMELEON_Request_Create  (RUNTIME_request_t **request);
 int CHAMELEON_Request_Destroy (RUNTIME_request_t *request);
 int CHAMELEON_Request_Set     (RUNTIME_request_t *request, int param, int value);
 
+int  CHAMELEON_Recursive_Desc_Create( CHAM_desc_t **descptr, void *mat, cham_flttype_t dtyp,
+                                      int *mb, int *nb, int lm, int ln, int m, int n, int p, int q,
+                                      blkaddr_fct_t get_blkaddr, blkldd_fct_t get_blkldd, blkrankof_fct_t get_rankof );
+
 /**
  *
  * @ingroup Control