diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs
index 13d5e033b6..8d0f9a6dfe 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs
@@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ public class BSScene : PhysicsScene, IPhysicsParameters
         parms.avatarDensity = 60f;
         parms.avatarCapsuleRadius = 0.37f;
         parms.avatarCapsuleHeight = 1.5f; // 2.140599f
+    	parms.avatarContactProcessingThreshold = 0.1f;
+
+    	parms.maxPersistantManifoldPoolSize = 0f;
+    	parms.shouldDisableContactPoolDynamicAllocation = ConfigurationParameters.numericFalse;
+    	parms.shouldForceUpdateAllAabbs = ConfigurationParameters.numericFalse;
+    	parms.shouldRandomizeSolverOrder = ConfigurationParameters.numericFalse;
+    	parms.shouldSplitSimulationIslands = ConfigurationParameters.numericFalse;
+    	parms.shouldEnableFrictionCaching = ConfigurationParameters.numericFalse;
+    	parms.numberOfSolverIterations = 0f;    // means use default
 
         if (config != null)
         {
@@ -285,11 +294,36 @@ public class BSScene : PhysicsScene, IPhysicsParameters
                 parms.avatarDensity = pConfig.GetFloat("AvatarDensity", parms.avatarDensity);
                 parms.avatarCapsuleRadius = pConfig.GetFloat("AvatarCapsuleRadius", parms.avatarCapsuleRadius);
                 parms.avatarCapsuleHeight = pConfig.GetFloat("AvatarCapsuleHeight", parms.avatarCapsuleHeight);
+                parms.avatarContactProcessingThreshold = pConfig.GetFloat("AvatarContactProcessingThreshold", parms.avatarContactProcessingThreshold);
+
+                parms.maxPersistantManifoldPoolSize = pConfig.GetFloat("MaxPersistantManifoldPoolSize", parms.maxPersistantManifoldPoolSize);
+                parms.shouldDisableContactPoolDynamicAllocation = ParamBoolean(pConfig, "ShouldDisableContactPoolDynamicAllocation", parms.shouldDisableContactPoolDynamicAllocation);
+	            parms.shouldForceUpdateAllAabbs = ParamBoolean(pConfig, "ShouldForceUpdateAllAabbs", parms.shouldForceUpdateAllAabbs);
+	            parms.shouldRandomizeSolverOrder = ParamBoolean(pConfig, "ShouldRandomizeSolverOrder", parms.shouldRandomizeSolverOrder);
+	            parms.shouldSplitSimulationIslands = ParamBoolean(pConfig, "ShouldSplitSimulationIslands", parms.shouldSplitSimulationIslands);
+	            parms.shouldEnableFrictionCaching = ParamBoolean(pConfig, "ShouldEnableFrictionCaching", parms.shouldEnableFrictionCaching);
+	            parms.numberOfSolverIterations = pConfig.GetFloat("NumberOfSolverIterations", parms.numberOfSolverIterations);
             }
         }
         m_params[0] = parms;
     }
 
+    // A helper function that handles a true/false parameter and returns the proper float number encoding
+    float ParamBoolean(IConfig config, string parmName, float deflt)
+    {
+        float ret = deflt;
+        if (config.Contains(parmName))
+        {
+            ret = ConfigurationParameters.numericFalse;
+            if (config.GetBoolean(parmName, false))
+            {
+                ret = ConfigurationParameters.numericTrue;
+            }
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+
     // Called directly from unmanaged code so don't do much
     private void BulletLogger(string msg)
     {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BulletSimAPI.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BulletSimAPI.cs
index aab0994972..086f0dc9d7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BulletSimAPI.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BulletSimAPI.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ public struct ConfigurationParameters
     public float avatarRestitution;
     public float avatarCapsuleRadius;
     public float avatarCapsuleHeight;
+	public float avatarContactProcessingThreshold;
+
+	public float maxPersistantManifoldPoolSize;
+	public float shouldDisableContactPoolDynamicAllocation;
+	public float shouldForceUpdateAllAabbs;
+	public float shouldRandomizeSolverOrder;
+	public float shouldSplitSimulationIslands;
+	public float shouldEnableFrictionCaching;
+	public float numberOfSolverIterations;
 
     public const float numericTrue = 1f;
     public const float numericFalse = 0f;
diff --git a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
index a31e6f4d66..34f70a25d1 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@
     AvatarDensity = 60.0
     AvatarCapsuleRadius = 0.37
     AvatarCapsuleHeight = 1.5
+    AvatarContactProcessingThreshold = 0.1;
 
     MaxObjectMass = 10000.01
 
@@ -863,6 +864,14 @@
     CcdMotionThreshold = 0.0
     CcdSweptSphereRadius = 0.0
     ContactProcessingThreshold = 0.1
+    MaxPersistantManifoldPoolSize = 0;
+    ShouldDisableContactPoolDynamicAllocation = False;
+    ShouldForceUpdateAllAabbs = False;
+    ShouldRandomizeSolverOrder = False;
+    ShouldSplitSimulationIslands = False;
+    ShouldEnableFrictionCaching = False;
+    NumberOfSolverIterations = 0;   
+
 
     ; Whether to mesh sculpties
     MeshSculptedPrim = true