diff --git a/modules/bullet/SCsub b/modules/bullet/SCsub
index 02d0a31a699..8d4e3cf819e 100644
--- a/modules/bullet/SCsub
+++ b/modules/bullet/SCsub
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ if env['builtin_bullet']:
     # if env['target'] == "debug" or env['target'] == "release_debug":
     #     env_bullet.Append(CPPDEFINES=['BT_DEBUG'])
 
+    env_bullet.Append(CPPDEFINES=["BT_USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD"])
+
     env_thirdparty = env_bullet.Clone()
     env_thirdparty.disable_warnings()
     env_thirdparty.add_source_files(env.modules_sources, thirdparty_sources)
diff --git a/thirdparty/bullet/0001-old-damping-def.patch b/thirdparty/bullet/0001-old-damping-def.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c4c4c35ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/bullet/0001-old-damping-def.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git a/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp b/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp
+index 9e8705b001..f1b50b39c8 100644
+--- a/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp
++++ b/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp
+@@ -136,8 +136,13 @@ void btRigidBody::setGravity(const btVector3& acceleration)
+ 
+ void btRigidBody::setDamping(btScalar lin_damping, btScalar ang_damping)
+ {
+-	m_linearDamping = btClamped(lin_damping, (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
+-	m_angularDamping = btClamped(ang_damping, (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
++#ifdef BT_USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD
++	m_linearDamping = btMax(lin_damping, btScalar(0.0));
++	m_angularDamping = btMax(ang_damping, btScalar(0.0));
++#else
++	m_linearDamping = btClamped(lin_damping, btScalar(0.0), btScalar(1.0));
++	m_angularDamping = btClamped(ang_damping, btScalar(0.0), btScalar(1.0));
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ ///applyDamping damps the velocity, using the given m_linearDamping and m_angularDamping
+@@ -146,10 +151,9 @@ void btRigidBody::applyDamping(btScalar timeStep)
+ 	//On new damping: see discussion/issue report here: http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=74
+ 	//todo: do some performance comparisons (but other parts of the engine are probably bottleneck anyway
+ 
+-//#define USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD 1
+-#ifdef USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD
+-	m_linearVelocity *= GEN_clamped((btScalar(1.) - timeStep * m_linearDamping), (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
+-	m_angularVelocity *= GEN_clamped((btScalar(1.) - timeStep * m_angularDamping), (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
++#ifdef BT_USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD
++	m_linearVelocity *= btMax((btScalar(1.0) - timeStep * m_linearDamping), btScalar(0.0));
++	m_angularVelocity *= btMax((btScalar(1.0) - timeStep * m_angularDamping), btScalar(0.0));
+ #else
+ 	m_linearVelocity *= btPow(btScalar(1) - m_linearDamping, timeStep);
+ 	m_angularVelocity *= btPow(btScalar(1) - m_angularDamping, timeStep);
diff --git a/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp b/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp
index 9e8705b001a..f1b50b39c82 100644
--- a/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp
+++ b/thirdparty/bullet/BulletDynamics/Dynamics/btRigidBody.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,13 @@ void btRigidBody::setGravity(const btVector3& acceleration)
 
 void btRigidBody::setDamping(btScalar lin_damping, btScalar ang_damping)
 {
-	m_linearDamping = btClamped(lin_damping, (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
-	m_angularDamping = btClamped(ang_damping, (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
+#ifdef BT_USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD
+	m_linearDamping = btMax(lin_damping, btScalar(0.0));
+	m_angularDamping = btMax(ang_damping, btScalar(0.0));
+#else
+	m_linearDamping = btClamped(lin_damping, btScalar(0.0), btScalar(1.0));
+	m_angularDamping = btClamped(ang_damping, btScalar(0.0), btScalar(1.0));
+#endif
 }
 
 ///applyDamping damps the velocity, using the given m_linearDamping and m_angularDamping
@@ -146,10 +151,9 @@ void btRigidBody::applyDamping(btScalar timeStep)
 	//On new damping: see discussion/issue report here: http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=74
 	//todo: do some performance comparisons (but other parts of the engine are probably bottleneck anyway
 
-//#define USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD 1
-#ifdef USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD
-	m_linearVelocity *= GEN_clamped((btScalar(1.) - timeStep * m_linearDamping), (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
-	m_angularVelocity *= GEN_clamped((btScalar(1.) - timeStep * m_angularDamping), (btScalar)btScalar(0.0), (btScalar)btScalar(1.0));
+#ifdef BT_USE_OLD_DAMPING_METHOD
+	m_linearVelocity *= btMax((btScalar(1.0) - timeStep * m_linearDamping), btScalar(0.0));
+	m_angularVelocity *= btMax((btScalar(1.0) - timeStep * m_angularDamping), btScalar(0.0));
 #else
 	m_linearVelocity *= btPow(btScalar(1) - m_linearDamping, timeStep);
 	m_angularVelocity *= btPow(btScalar(1) - m_angularDamping, timeStep);