diff --git a/wpilibc/shared/src/interfaces/Potentiometer.cpp b/wpilibc/shared/src/interfaces/Potentiometer.cpp
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2015-2017. All Rights Reserved.                        */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "interfaces/Potentiometer.h"
+
+#include <Utility.h>
+
+using namespace frc;
+
+void Potentiometer::SetPIDSourceType(PIDSourceType pidSource) {
+  if (wpi_assert(pidSource == PIDSourceType::kDisplacement)) {
+    m_pidSource = pidSource;
+  }
+}