diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs
index 07f2612d2d..eaa1175fce 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager
     {
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Name of this scene.  Useful in debug messages to distinguish one OdeScene instance from another.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Name { get; protected set; }
+
         // The only thing that should register for this event is the SceneGraph
         // Anything else could cause problems.
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdeScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdeScene.cs
index 76e5278f9c..7cc80b3ece 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdeScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/OdeScene.cs
@@ -310,10 +310,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
         /// Sets many properties that ODE requires to be stable
         /// These settings need to be tweaked 'exactly' right or weird stuff happens.
         /// </summary>
-        public OdeScene(string sceneIdentifier)
+        /// <param value="name">Name of the scene.  Useful in debug messages.</param>
+        public OdeScene(string name)
         {
             m_log 
-                = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.ToString() + "." + sceneIdentifier);
+                = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType.ToString() + "." + name);
+
+            Name = name;
 
             nearCallback = near;
             triCallback = TriCallback;