diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index 95d69a1570..4776beda97 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -1107,6 +1107,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     }
                     if (loginsdisabled && (m_frame > 20))
                     {
+                        // In 99.9% of cases it is a bad idea to manually force garbage collection. However,
+                        // this is a rare case where we know we have just went through a long cycle of heap
+                        // allocations, and there is no more work to be done until someone logs in
+                        GC.Collect();
+
                         m_log.Debug("[REGION]: Enabling Logins");
                         loginsdisabled = false;
                     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Mesh.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Mesh.cs
index 4c3cf33feb..e8a3e19081 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Mesh.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Mesh.cs
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
 
             float[] result = getVertexListAsFloat();
             m_pinnedVertexes = GCHandle.Alloc(result, GCHandleType.Pinned);
+            // Inform the garbage collector of this unmanaged allocation so it can schedule
+            // the next GC round more intelligently
+            GC.AddMemoryPressure(Buffer.ByteLength(result));
 
             return result;
         }
@@ -223,6 +226,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
         
             int[] result = getIndexListAsInt();
             m_pinnedIndex = GCHandle.Alloc(result, GCHandleType.Pinned);
+            // Inform the garbage collector of this unmanaged allocation so it can schedule
+            // the next GC round more intelligently
+            GC.AddMemoryPressure(Buffer.ByteLength(result));
 
             return result;
         }