diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimClip.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimClip.cpp
index 18e97cf0a1..4fe02e9307 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimClip.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimClip.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,42 @@ void AnimClip::copyFromNetworkAnim() {
     const int animFrameCount = animModel.animationFrames.size();
     _anim.resize(animFrameCount);
 
+    // find the size scale factor for translation in the animation.
+    const int avatarHipsParentIndex = avatarSkeleton->getParentIndex(avatarSkeleton->nameToJointIndex("Hips"));
+    const int animHipsParentIndex = animSkeleton.getParentIndex(animSkeleton.nameToJointIndex("Hips"));
+    const AnimPose& avatarHipsAbsoluteDefaultPose = avatarSkeleton->getAbsoluteDefaultPose(avatarSkeleton->nameToJointIndex("Hips"));
+    const AnimPose& animHipsAbsoluteDefaultPose = animSkeleton.getAbsoluteDefaultPose(animSkeleton.nameToJointIndex("Hips"));
+
+    // the get the units and the heights for the animation and the avatar
+    const float avatarUnitScale = extractScale(avatarSkeleton->getGeometryOffset()).y;
+    const float animationUnitScale = extractScale(animModel.offset).y;
+    const float avatarHeightInMeters = avatarUnitScale * avatarHipsAbsoluteDefaultPose.trans().y;
+    const float animHeightInMeters = animationUnitScale * animHipsAbsoluteDefaultPose.trans().y;
+
+    // get the parent scales for the avatar and the animation
+    float avatarHipsParentScale = 1.0f;
+    if (avatarHipsParentIndex >= 0) {
+        const AnimPose& avatarHipsParentAbsoluteDefaultPose = avatarSkeleton->getAbsoluteDefaultPose(avatarHipsParentIndex);
+        avatarHipsParentScale = avatarHipsParentAbsoluteDefaultPose.scale().y;
+    }
+    float animHipsParentScale = 1.0f;
+    if (animHipsParentIndex >= 0) {
+        const AnimPose& animationHipsParentAbsoluteDefaultPose = animSkeleton.getAbsoluteDefaultPose(animHipsParentIndex);
+        animHipsParentScale = animationHipsParentAbsoluteDefaultPose.scale().y;
+    }
+
+    const float EPSILON = 0.0001f;
+    float boneLengthScale = 1.0f;
+    // compute the ratios for the units, the heights in meters, and the parent scales
+    if ((fabsf(animHeightInMeters) > EPSILON) && (animationUnitScale > EPSILON) && (animHipsParentScale > EPSILON)) {
+        const float avatarToAnimationHeightRatio = avatarHeightInMeters / animHeightInMeters;
+        const float unitsRatio = 1.0f / (avatarUnitScale / animationUnitScale);
+        const float parentScaleRatio = 1.0f / (avatarHipsParentScale / animHipsParentScale);
+
+        boneLengthScale = avatarToAnimationHeightRatio * unitsRatio * parentScaleRatio;
+    }
+
+
     for (int frame = 0; frame < animFrameCount; frame++) {
         const HFMAnimationFrame& animFrame = animModel.animationFrames[frame];
 
@@ -162,7 +198,6 @@ void AnimClip::copyFromNetworkAnim() {
         avatarSkeleton->convertAbsoluteRotationsToRelative(avatarRotations);
 
         _anim[frame].reserve(avatarJointCount);
-
         for (int avatarJointIndex = 0; avatarJointIndex < avatarJointCount; avatarJointIndex++) {
             const AnimPose& avatarDefaultPose = avatarSkeleton->getRelativeDefaultPose(avatarJointIndex);
 
@@ -177,11 +212,6 @@ void AnimClip::copyFromNetworkAnim() {
 
                 // retarget translation from animation to avatar
                 const glm::vec3& animZeroTrans = animModel.animationFrames[0].translations[animJointIndex];
-                float boneLengthScale = 1.0f;
-                const float EPSILON = 0.0001f;
-                if (fabsf(glm::length(animZeroTrans)) > EPSILON) {
-                    boneLengthScale = glm::length(avatarDefaultPose.trans()) / glm::length(animZeroTrans);
-                }
                 relativeTranslation = avatarDefaultPose.trans() + boneLengthScale * (animTrans - animZeroTrans);
             } else {
                 // This joint is NOT in the animation at all.
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
index 9a55b66a39..ed3d5d67d6 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
@@ -298,10 +298,8 @@ void AnimInverseKinematics::solve(const AnimContext& context, const std::vector<
         }
 
         // harvest accumulated rotations and apply the average
-        for (int i = 0; i < (int)_relativePoses.size(); ++i) {
-            if (i == _hipsIndex) {
-                continue;  // don't apply accumulators to hips
-            }
+        // don't apply accumulators to hips, or parents of hips
+        for (int i = (_hipsIndex+1); i < (int)_relativePoses.size(); ++i) {
             if (_rotationAccumulators[i].size() > 0) {
                 _relativePoses[i].rot() = _rotationAccumulators[i].getAverage();
                 _rotationAccumulators[i].clear();
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp
index 0f1c18c9dc..b26d00d8d0 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include "AnimationLogging.h"
 
 AnimSkeleton::AnimSkeleton(const HFMModel& hfmModel) {
+
+    _geometryOffset = hfmModel.offset;
+
     // convert to std::vector of joints
     std::vector<HFMJoint> joints;
     joints.reserve(hfmModel.joints.size());
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h
index 5309d26354..efc1c1599f 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
     const AnimPoseVec& getRelativeDefaultPoses() const { return _relativeDefaultPoses; }
     const AnimPose& getAbsoluteDefaultPose(int jointIndex) const;
     const AnimPoseVec& getAbsoluteDefaultPoses() const { return _absoluteDefaultPoses; }
+    const glm::mat4& getGeometryOffset() const { return _geometryOffset; }
 
     // get pre transform which should include FBX pre potations
     const AnimPose& getPreRotationPose(int jointIndex) const;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ protected:
     std::vector<int> _mirrorMap;
     QHash<QString, int> _jointIndicesByName;
     std::vector<std::vector<HFMCluster>> _clusterBindMatrixOriginalValues;
+    glm::mat4 _geometryOffset;
 
     // no copies
     AnimSkeleton(const AnimSkeleton&) = delete;