diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/techne/TechneModel.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/techne/TechneModel.java
index 393d7f0f60..4618d5a8b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/techne/TechneModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/client/model/techne/TechneModel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.minecraftforge.client.model.techne;
 
+import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ public class TechneModel extends ModelBase implements IModelCustom {
     
     private Map<String, ModelRenderer> parts = new LinkedHashMap<String, ModelRenderer>();
     private String texture = null;
+    private Dimension textureDims = null;
     private int textureName;
     private boolean textureNameSet = false;
 
@@ -119,6 +121,23 @@ public class TechneModel extends ModelBase implements IModelCustom {
             {
                 texture = modelTexture.getTextContent();
             }
+
+            NodeList textureDim = document.getElementsByTagName("TextureSize");
+            if (textureDim.getLength() > 0)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    String[] tmp = textureDim.item(0).getTextContent().split(",");
+                    if (tmp.length == 2)
+                    {
+                        this.textureDims = new Dimension(Integer.parseInt(tmp[0]), Integer.parseInt(tmp[1]));
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (NumberFormatException e)
+                {
+                    throw new ModelFormatException("Model " + fileName + " contains a TextureSize tag with invalid data");
+                }
+            }
             
             NodeList shapes = document.getElementsByTagName("Shape");
             for (int i = 0; i < shapes.getLength(); i++)
@@ -210,6 +229,11 @@ public class TechneModel extends ModelBase implements IModelCustom {
                     cube.rotateAngleY = (float)Math.toRadians(Float.parseFloat(rotation[1]));
                     cube.rotateAngleZ = (float)Math.toRadians(Float.parseFloat(rotation[2]));
 
+                    if (this.textureDims != null)
+                    {
+                        cube.setTextureSize((int)textureDims.getWidth(), (int)textureDims.getHeight());
+                    }
+
                     parts.put(shapeName, cube);
                 }
                 catch (NumberFormatException e)