diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs
index f7317c01fe..d3b2ad701c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/BulletSPlugin/BSScene.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules;
 using Logging = OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.Framework.Statistics.Logging;
@@ -286,9 +287,13 @@ public sealed class BSScene : PhysicsScene, IPhysicsParameters
         if (BSParam.UseSeparatePhysicsThread)
         {
             // The physics simulation should happen independently of the heartbeat loop
-            m_physicsThread = new Thread(BulletSPluginPhysicsThread);
-            m_physicsThread.Name = BulletEngineName;
-            m_physicsThread.Start();
+                m_physicsThread 
+                    = Watchdog.StartThread(
+                        BulletSPluginPhysicsThread, 
+                        string.Format("{0} ({1})", BulletEngineName, RegionName), 
+                        ThreadPriority.Normal, 
+                        true, 
+                        false);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/prebuild.xml b/prebuild.xml
index 006f545fd4..ba18a2c50f 100644
--- a/prebuild.xml
+++ b/prebuild.xml
@@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@
       <Reference name="OpenMetaverseTypes" path="../../../../bin/"/>
       <Reference name="Nini.dll"  path="../../../../bin/"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework"/>
+      <Reference name="OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Region.Framework"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Region.CoreModules"/>
       <Reference name="OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules"/>