diff --git a/python/damask/__init__.py b/python/damask/__init__.py
index aa3c36b07..fd49a00e4 100644
--- a/python/damask/__init__.py
+++ b/python/damask/__init__.py
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ from ._colormap        import Colormap         # noqa
 from ._vtk             import VTK              # noqa
 from ._config          import Config           # noqa
 from ._configmaterial  import ConfigMaterial   # noqa
+from ._loadcasegrid    import LoadcaseGrid     # noqa
 from ._grid            import Grid             # noqa
 from ._result          import Result           # noqa
diff --git a/python/damask/_loadcasegrid.py b/python/damask/_loadcasegrid.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..496824713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/damask/_loadcasegrid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+from typing import Optional, Union, Dict, Any, List
+
+from numpy import ma
+import yaml
+
+from ._typehints import FileHandle
+from ._config import NiceDumper
+from . import util
+from . import Config
+
+
+class MaskedMatrixDumper(NiceDumper):
+    """Format masked matrices."""
+
+    def represent_data(self, data: Any):
+        return super().represent_data(data.astype(object).filled('x') if isinstance(data, ma.core.MaskedArray) else data) # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
+
+class LoadcaseGrid(Config):
+    """Load case for grid solver."""
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 config: Optional[Union[str,Dict[str,Any]]] = None,
+                 *,
+                 solver: Optional[Dict[str,str]] = None,
+                 loadstep: Optional[List[Dict[str,Any]]] = None):
+        """
+        New grid solver load case.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        config : dict or str, optional
+            Grid solver load case. String needs to be valid YAML.
+        solver : dict, optional
+            Solver configuration.
+            Defaults to an empty dict if 'config' is not given.
+        loadstep : list of dict, optional
+            Load step configuration.
+            Defaults to an empty list if 'config' is not given.
+
+        """
+        kwargs: Dict[str,Union[Dict[str,str],List[Dict[str,Any]]]] = {}
+        default: Union[List,Dict]
+        for arg,value,default in [('solver',solver,{}),('loadstep',loadstep,[])]: # type: ignore[assignment]
+            if value is not None:
+                kwargs[arg] = value
+            elif config is None:
+                kwargs[arg] = default
+
+        super().__init__(config,**kwargs)
+
+
+    def save(self,
+             fname: FileHandle,
+             **kwargs):
+        """
+        Save to YAML file.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        fname : file, str, or pathlib.Path
+            Filename or file to write.
+        **kwargs : dict
+            Keyword arguments parsed to yaml.dump.
+
+        """
+        for key,default in dict(width=256,
+                                default_flow_style=None,
+                                sort_keys=False).items():
+            if key not in kwargs:
+                kwargs[key] = default
+
+        fhandle = util.open_text(fname,'w')
+        try:
+            fhandle.write(yaml.dump(self,Dumper=MaskedMatrixDumper,**kwargs))
+        except TypeError:                                                                           # compatibility with old pyyaml
+            del kwargs['sort_keys']
+            fhandle.write(yaml.dump(self,Dumper=MaskedMatrixDumper,**kwargs))
diff --git a/python/damask/_result.py b/python/damask/_result.py
index f6dddc9a0..dce267a82 100644
--- a/python/damask/_result.py
+++ b/python/damask/_result.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Union, Callable, Any, Sequence, Literal, Dict, List
 
 import h5py
 import numpy as np
-import numpy.ma as ma
+from numpy import ma
 
 import damask
 from . import VTK
diff --git a/python/tests/test_LoadcaseGrid.py b/python/tests/test_LoadcaseGrid.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54649d0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/test_LoadcaseGrid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import numpy as np
+from numpy import ma
+
+from damask import LoadcaseGrid
+
+class TestGridConfig:
+
+    def test_dumper(self):
+        a = ma.MaskedArray(np.arange(3,dtype=float),mask=[0,1,0])
+        assert str(LoadcaseGrid({'a':a}))             == 'a: [0.0, x, 2.0]\n'
+        assert str(LoadcaseGrid({'a':a.astype(int)})) == 'a: [0, x, 2]\n'
+        assert str(LoadcaseGrid({'a':a.data}))        == 'a: [0.0, 1.0, 2.0]\n'
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        assert LoadcaseGrid() \
+            == LoadcaseGrid({'solver':{},
+                            'loadstep':[],
+                            })
+        assert LoadcaseGrid(solver={'mechanical':'spectral_basic'}) \
+            == LoadcaseGrid({'solver':{'mechanical':'spectral_basic'},
+                             'loadstep':[],
+                            })