diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3f23057ef2a95296129a1eb5f481d5c6356313b3..e88c8863424d006a9eab42fddb7d96cb87912283 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ MPICC = /apps/INTEL/2017.4/impi/2017.3.196/bin64/mpicc
 
 DLB_FLAGS = -I$(DLB_HOME)/include -L$(DLB_HOME)/lib -ldlb -Wl,-rpath,$(DLB_HOME)/lib
 
+TALP_NUM_REGIONS ?= 30
+
 all: pils pils_regions
 
 pils: pils.c
@@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ pils: pils.c
 pils_regions: pils.c
 	$(MPICC) $^ -o $@ $(DLB_FLAGS) -DTALP_REGIONS
 
+pils_several_regions: pils.c
+	$(MPICC) $^ -o $@ $(DLB_FLAGS) -DTALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS=$(TALP_NUM_REGIONS)
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -f pils pils_regions
diff --git a/pils.c b/pils.c
index 2a8bffe5780763edadf7d572cd70639409040915..ea9491c594a2bd2ccbfe78b5203624a987e3bd1b 100644
--- a/pils.c
+++ b/pils.c
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <mpi.h>
 
-#if TALP_REGIONS
+#if defined(TALP_REGIONS) && defined(TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS)
+#error TALP_REGIONS and TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS are incompatible
+#endif
+
+#if defined(TALP_REGIONS) || defined(TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS)
 #include <dlb_talp.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -226,6 +230,16 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     dlb_monitor_t *region = DLB_MonitoringRegionRegister(NULL);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS
+    dlb_monitor_t *region[TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS];
+    {
+      int i = 0;
+      for (i = 0; i < TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS; i++) {
+        region[i] = DLB_MonitoringRegionRegister(NULL);
+        DLB_MonitoringRegionStart(region[i]);
+      }
+    }
+#endif
     /***********************************************************************/
     /************** MAIN LOOP **********************************************/
     int k;
@@ -260,6 +274,15 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         MPI_Allreduce(&iter_time, &final_time, 1, MPI_DOUBLE , MPI_SUM, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
     }
 
+#ifdef TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS
+    dlb_monitor_t *region[TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS];
+    {
+      int i = 0;
+      for (i = 0; i < TALP_SEVERAL_REGIONS; i++) {
+        DLB_MonitoringRegionStop(region[i]);
+      }
+#endif
+
     if (mpi_rank == 0) printf("Total time: %6.3f\n", final_time);
 
     // Application elapsed time
@@ -271,6 +294,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
       printf("\nApplication time = %.4f \n", app_time);
     }
 
+      }
+    }
+#endif
+
     MPI_Finalize();
 
     free(loads);