diff --git a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.cpp b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.cpp
index ffb2d1edc..580ea3458 100644
--- a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.cpp
+++ b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ btCollisionObject::btCollisionObject()
 	m_contactProcessingThreshold(BT_LARGE_FLOAT),
 		m_broadphaseHandle(0),
 		m_collisionShape(0),
+		m_extensionPointer(0),
 		m_rootCollisionShape(0),
 		m_collisionFlags(btCollisionObject::CF_STATIC_OBJECT),
 		m_islandTag1(-1),
diff --git a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.h b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.h
index 549b404dc..a43205127 100644
--- a/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.h
+++ b/src/BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionObject.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ protected:
 
 	btBroadphaseProxy*		m_broadphaseHandle;
 	btCollisionShape*		m_collisionShape;
+	///m_extensionPointer is used by some internal low-level Bullet extensions.
+	void*					m_extensionPointer;
 	
 	///m_rootCollisionShape is temporarily used to store the original collision shape
 	///The m_collisionShape might be temporarily replaced by a child collision shape during collision detection purposes
@@ -221,6 +223,19 @@ public:
 		m_collisionShape = collisionShape;
 	}
 
+	///Avoid using this internal API call, the extension pointer is used by some Bullet extensions. 
+	///If you need to store your own user pointer, use 'setUserPointer/getUserPointer' instead.
+	void*		internalGetExtensionPointer() const
+	{
+		return m_extensionPointer;
+	}
+	///Avoid using this internal API call, the extension pointer is used by some Bullet extensions
+	///If you need to store your own user pointer, use 'setUserPointer/getUserPointer' instead.
+	void	internalSetExtensionPointer(void* pointer)
+	{
+		m_extensionPointer = pointer;
+	}
+
 	SIMD_FORCE_INLINE	int	getActivationState() const { return m_activationState1;}
 	
 	void setActivationState(int newState);