diff --git a/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.cpp b/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.cpp
index 978faf3e3..cacc55afb 100644
--- a/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.cpp
+++ b/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.cpp
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void BlenderConnection::PyOutStream::linkBackground(const char* target,
 
 BlenderConnection::DataStream::Mesh::Mesh
 (BlenderConnection& conn, HMDLTopology topologyIn, int skinSlotCount, SurfProgFunc& surfProg)
-: topology(topologyIn), aabbMin(conn), aabbMax(conn)
+: topology(topologyIn), sceneXf(conn), aabbMin(conn), aabbMax(conn)
 {
     uint32_t matSetCount;
     conn._readBuf(&matSetCount, 4);
@@ -657,6 +657,26 @@ BlenderConnection::DataStream::Mesh::Mesh
         conn._readBuf(&isSurf, 1);
     }
 
+    /* Custom properties */
+    uint32_t propCount;
+    conn._readBuf(&propCount, 4);
+    std::string keyBuf;
+    std::string valBuf;
+    for (uint32_t i=0 ; i<propCount ; ++i)
+    {
+        uint32_t kLen;
+        conn._readBuf(&kLen, 4);
+        keyBuf.assign(kLen, '\0');
+        conn._readBuf(&keyBuf[0], kLen);
+
+        uint32_t vLen;
+        conn._readBuf(&vLen, 4);
+        valBuf.assign(vLen, '\0');
+        conn._readBuf(&valBuf[0], vLen);
+
+        customProps[keyBuf] = valBuf;
+    }
+
     /* Connect skinned verts to bank slots */
     if (boneNames.size())
     {
diff --git a/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.hpp b/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.hpp
index efcb33278..f613549b5 100644
--- a/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.hpp
+++ b/hecl/blender/BlenderConnection.hpp
@@ -354,6 +354,14 @@ public:
             Vector4f(BlenderConnection& conn) {read(conn);}
             operator const atVec4f&() const {return val;}
         };
+        struct Matrix4f
+        {
+            atVec4f val[4];
+            Matrix4f() = default;
+            void read(BlenderConnection& conn) {conn._readBuf(&val, 64);}
+            Matrix4f(BlenderConnection& conn) {read(conn);}
+            const atVec4f& operator[] (size_t idx) const {return val[idx];}
+        };
         struct Index
         {
             uint32_t val;
@@ -368,6 +376,9 @@ public:
         {
             HMDLTopology topology;
 
+            /* Object transform in scene */
+            Matrix4f sceneXf;
+
             /* Cumulative AABB */
             Vector3f aabbMin;
             Vector3f aabbMax;
@@ -448,6 +459,8 @@ public:
             };
             std::vector<Surface> surfaces;
 
+            std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> customProps;
+
             struct SkinBanks
             {
                 struct Bank
diff --git a/hecl/blender/hecl/hmdl/__init__.py b/hecl/blender/hecl/hmdl/__init__.py
index e71c7b125..dfe3511ce 100644
--- a/hecl/blender/hecl/hmdl/__init__.py
+++ b/hecl/blender/hecl/hmdl/__init__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def write_out_material(writebuf, mat, mesh_obj):
 def cook(writebuf, mesh_obj, output_mode, max_skin_banks, max_octant_length=None):
     if mesh_obj.type != 'MESH':
         raise RuntimeError("%s is not a mesh" % mesh_obj.name)
-    
+
     # Copy mesh (and apply mesh modifiers with triangulation)
     copy_name = mesh_obj.name + "_hmdltri"
     copy_mesh = bpy.data.meshes.new(copy_name)
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ def cook(writebuf, mesh_obj, output_mode, max_skin_banks, max_octant_length=None
     copy_mesh.calc_normals_split()
     rna_loops = copy_mesh.loops
 
+    # Send scene matrix
+    wmtx = mesh_obj.matrix_world
+    writebuf(struct.pack('ffffffffffffffff',
+    wmtx[0][0], wmtx[0][1], wmtx[0][2], wmtx[0][3],
+    wmtx[1][0], wmtx[1][1], wmtx[1][2], wmtx[1][3],
+    wmtx[2][0], wmtx[2][1], wmtx[2][2], wmtx[2][3],
+    wmtx[3][0], wmtx[3][1], wmtx[3][2], wmtx[3][3]))
+
     # Filter out useless AABB points and send data
     pt = copy_obj.bound_box[0]
     writebuf(struct.pack('fff', pt[0], pt[1], pt[2]))
@@ -182,6 +190,15 @@ def cook(writebuf, mesh_obj, output_mode, max_skin_banks, max_octant_length=None
     # No more surfaces
     writebuf(struct.pack('B', 0))
 
+    # Enumerate custom props
+    writebuf(struct.pack('I', len(mesh_obj.keys())))
+    for k in mesh_obj.keys():
+        writebuf(struct.pack('I', len(k)))
+        writebuf(k.encode())
+        val_str = str(mesh_obj[k])
+        writebuf(struct.pack('I', len(val_str)))
+        writebuf(val_str.encode())
+
     # Delete copied mesh from scene
     bm_master.free()
     bpy.context.scene.objects.unlink(copy_obj)