diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/SharedBase/PhysicsScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/SharedBase/PhysicsScene.cs
index 8623891650..65d88674cb 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/SharedBase/PhysicsScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/SharedBase/PhysicsScene.cs
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.PhysicsModules.SharedBase
         /// </summary>
         public string EngineType { get; protected set; }
 
+        public string EngineName { get; protected set; }
+
         // The only thing that should register for this event is the SceneGraph
         // Anything else could cause problems.
         public event physicsCrash OnPhysicsCrash;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEModule.cs
index dd1c0ab6a9..51b8e4e144 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEModule.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.PhysicsModule.ubOde
             get { return "ubODE"; }
         }
 
+        public string Version
+        {
+            get { return "1.0"; }
+        }
+
         public Type ReplaceableInterface
         {
             get { return null; }
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.PhysicsModule.ubOde
 
             if(m_scenes.ContainsKey(scene)) // ???
                 return;
-		    ODEScene newodescene = new ODEScene(scene, m_config, Name, OSOdeLib);
+		    ODEScene newodescene = new ODEScene(scene, m_config, Name, Version, OSOdeLib);
             m_scenes[scene] = newodescene;
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEScene.cs
index aec7ec3101..e0644e38ea 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/PhysicsModules/ubOde/ODEScene.cs
@@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.PhysicsModule.ubOde
 
         IConfig physicsconfig = null;
 
-        public ODEScene(Scene pscene, IConfigSource psourceconfig, string pname, bool pOSOdeLib)
+        public ODEScene(Scene pscene, IConfigSource psourceconfig, string pname, string pversion, bool pOSOdeLib)
         {
             OdeLock = new Object();
 
             EngineType = pname;
             PhysicsSceneName = EngineType + "/" + pscene.RegionInfo.RegionName;
-
+            EngineName = pname + " " + pversion;
 			m_config = psourceconfig;
             m_OSOdeLib = pOSOdeLib;
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.PhysicsModule.ubOde
                 m_log.ErrorFormat("[ubOde] No mesher. module disabled");
                 return;
             }
-
+            
             m_meshWorker = new ODEMeshWorker(this, m_log, mesher, physicsconfig);
             m_frameWorkScene.PhysicsEnabled = true;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
index 90b7494464..204f73e318 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Implementation/OSSL_Api.cs
@@ -1724,6 +1724,22 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api
             return ret;
         }
 
+        public string osGetPhysicsEngineName()
+        {
+            // not doing security checks
+            // this whould limit the use of this
+
+            m_host.AddScriptLPS(1);
+            string ret = "NoEngine";
+            if (m_ScriptEngine.World.PhysicsScene != null)
+            {
+                ret = m_ScriptEngine.World.PhysicsScene.EngineName;
+                // An old physics engine might have an uninitialized engine type
+                if (ret == null)
+                    ret = "UnknownEngine";
+                }
+            return ret;
+        }
         public string osGetSimulatorVersion()
         {
             // High because it can be used to target attacks to known weaknesses
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Interface/IOSSL_Api.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Interface/IOSSL_Api.cs
index e1bb139e1e..c1a177a1a9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Interface/IOSSL_Api.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Interface/IOSSL_Api.cs
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.Api.Interfaces
         string osGetSimulatorVersion();
         LSL_Integer osCheckODE();
         string osGetPhysicsEngineType();
+        string osGetPhysicsEngineName();
         Object osParseJSONNew(string JSON);
         Hashtable osParseJSON(string JSON);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Runtime/OSSL_Stub.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Runtime/OSSL_Stub.cs
index 00220202d8..d58629081f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Runtime/OSSL_Stub.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/Api/Runtime/OSSL_Stub.cs
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.ScriptBase
             return m_OSSL_Functions.osGetPhysicsEngineType();
         }
 
+        public string osGetPhysicsEngineName()
+        {
+            return m_OSSL_Functions.osGetPhysicsEngineName();
+        }
+
         public string osGetSimulatorVersion()
         {
            return m_OSSL_Functions.osGetSimulatorVersion();