diff --git a/include/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.hpp b/include/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.hpp
index c63aeb3..31c9162 100644
--- a/include/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.hpp
+++ b/include/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.hpp
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public:
     GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(void);
     explicit GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GXmlElement& xml);
     GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GFilename& filename,
+                             const GTime&     mjd,
+                             const double&    phase,
+                             const double&    f0,
+                             const double&    f1,
+                             const double&    f2,
                              const double&    norm = 1.0);
     GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GModelTemporalPhaseCurve& model);
     virtual ~GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(void);
diff --git a/pyext/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.i b/pyext/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.i
index 3aa0448..018a280 100644
--- a/pyext/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.i
+++ b/pyext/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.i
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ public:
     GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(void);
     explicit GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GXmlElement& xml);
     GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GFilename& filename,
+                             const GTime&     mjd,
+                             const double&    phase,
+                             const double&    f0,
+                             const double&    f1,
+                             const double&    f2,
                              const double&    norm = 1.0);
     GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GModelTemporalPhaseCurve& model);
     virtual ~GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(void);
diff --git a/src/model/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.cpp b/src/model/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.cpp
index 7615858..c485e0d 100644
--- a/src/model/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.cpp
+++ b/src/model/GModelTemporalPhaseCurve.cpp
@@ -78,25 +78,41 @@ GModelTemporalPhaseCurve::GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(void) : GModelTemporal()
  * @brief File constructor
  *
  * @param[in] filename File name of phase curve nodes.
+ * @param[in] mjd Reference time.
+ * @param[in] phase Phase at reference time.
+ * @param[in] f0 Frequency at reference time (Hz).
+ * @param[in] f1 First frequency derivative at reference time.
+ * @param[in] f2 Second frequency derivative at reference time.
  * @param[in] norm Normalization factor.
  *
  * Constructs phase curve from a list of nodes that is found in the specified
- * FITS file. See the load_nodes() method for more information about the
- * expected structure of the file.
+ * FITS file, a reference time and phase information at the reference time.
+ * See the load_nodes() method for more information about the expected
+ * structure of the file.
  ***************************************************************************/
 GModelTemporalPhaseCurve::GModelTemporalPhaseCurve(const GFilename& filename,
+                                                   const GTime&     mjd,
+                                                   const double&    phase,
+                                                   const double&    f0,
+                                                   const double&    f1,
+                                                   const double&    f2,
                                                    const double&    norm) :
                           GModelTemporal()
 {
     // Initialise members
     init_members();
 
+    // Set parameters
+    this->mjd(mjd);
+    this->phase(phase);
+    this->f0(f0);
+    this->f1(f1);
+    this->f2(f2);
+    this->norm(norm);
+
     // Load nodes
     load_nodes(filename);
 
-    // Set normalization
-    m_norm.value(norm);
-
     // Return
     return;
 }
diff --git a/test/test_GModel.cpp b/test/test_GModel.cpp
index c4cc6a9..66f639f 100644
--- a/test/test_GModel.cpp
+++ b/test/test_GModel.cpp
@@ -2307,9 +2307,20 @@ void TestGModel::test_temp_phasecurve(void)
     test_value(model1.type(), "PhaseCurve", "Check void model type");
 
     // Test value constructor
-    GModelTemporalPhaseCurve model2(m_temp_phasecurve, 2.0);
+    GModelTemporalPhaseCurve model2(m_temp_phasecurve,
+                                    GTime(3.0, "secs"),
+                                    0.0,
+                                    1.0,
+                                    0.1,
+                                    0.01,
+                                    2.0);
     test_value(model2.filename().url(), m_temp_phasecurve,
                "Check phase curve file name");
+    test_value(model2.mjd().secs(), 3.0);
+    test_value(model2.phase(), 0.0);
+    test_value(model2.f0(), 1.0);
+    test_value(model2.f1(), 0.1);
+    test_value(model2.f2(), 0.01);
     test_value(model2.norm(), 2.0);
    
     // Test XML constructor