diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
index 20a5bb4815..c97db8ca0f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
         {
             IConfig start_config = config.Configs["Startup"];
 
-            decodedSculptMapPath = start_config.GetString("DecodedSculptMapPath","j2kDecodeCache");
+            decodedSculptMapPath = start_config.GetString("DecodedSculptMapPath","j2kDecodeCache");
+            cacheSculptMaps = start_config.GetBoolean("CacheSculptMaps", cacheSculptMaps);
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index 1625de0de7..91f6068210 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -130,6 +130,14 @@
     ;; Usually this is only a box.
     ; meshing = Meshmerizer
     ; meshing = ZeroMesher
+    
+    ;# {CacheSculptMaps} {Cache decoded sculpt maps?} {true false} true
+    ;; if you use Meshmerizer and want sculpt map collisions, setting this to
+    ;; to true will store decoded sculpt maps in a special folder in your bin
+    ;; folder, which can reduce startup times by reducing asset requests. Some
+    ;; versions of mono dont work well when reading the cache files, so set this
+    ;; to false if you have compatability problems.
+     CacheSculptMaps = false
 
     ;; Choose one of the physics engines below
     ;; OpenDynamicsEngine is by some distance the most developed physics engine