diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index 408474178b..37cfe1d25f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
             scene.LoadWorldMap();
 
             scene.PhysicsScene = GetPhysicsScene(scene.RegionInfo.RegionName);
+            scene.PhysicsScene.RequestAssetMethod = scene.PhysicsRequestAsset;
             scene.PhysicsScene.SetTerrain(scene.Heightmap.GetFloatsSerialised());
             scene.PhysicsScene.SetWaterLevel((float) regionInfo.RegionSettings.WaterHeight);
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
index eb4ba41d7b..c77457c764 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Scene.cs
@@ -5421,5 +5421,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 m_SpawnPoint = 1;
             return m_SpawnPoint - 1;
         }
+
+        // Wrappers to get physics modules retrieve assets. Has to be done this way
+        // because we can't assign the asset service to physics directly - at the
+        // time physics are instantiated it's not registered but it will be by
+        // the time the first prim exists.
+        public void PhysicsRequestAsset(UUID assetID, AssetReceivedDelegate callback)
+        {
+            AssetService.Get(assetID.ToString(), callback, PhysicsAssetReceived);
+        }
+
+        private void PhysicsAssetReceived(string id, Object sender, AssetBase asset)
+        {
+            AssetReceivedDelegate callback = (AssetReceivedDelegate)sender;
+
+            callback(asset);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs
index b32cd30bec..6a0558a35e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsScene.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager
     public delegate void JointDeactivated(PhysicsJoint joint);
     public delegate void JointErrorMessage(PhysicsJoint joint, string message); // this refers to an "error message due to a problem", not "amount of joint constraint violation"
 
+    public delegate void RequestAssetDelegate(UUID assetID, AssetReceivedDelegate callback);
+    public delegate void AssetReceivedDelegate(AssetBase asset);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Contact result from a raycast.
     /// </summary>
@@ -73,6 +76,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager
             get { return new NullPhysicsScene(); }
         }
 
+        public RequestAssetDelegate RequestAssetMethod { private get; set; }
+
         public virtual void TriggerPhysicsBasedRestart()
         {
             physicsCrash handler = OnPhysicsCrash;