diff --git a/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp b/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp
index 728e2e6d08..085315ad86 100644
--- a/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp
+++ b/shared/src/VoxelTree.cpp
@@ -384,6 +384,21 @@ void VoxelTree::printTreeForDebugging(VoxelNode *startNode) {
     }   
 }
 
+void VoxelTree::reaverageVoxelColors(VoxelNode *startNode) {
+    bool hasChildren;
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        if (startNode->children[i] != NULL) {
+            reaverageVoxelColors(startNode->children[i]);
+            hasChildren = true;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (hasChildren) {
+        startNode->setColorFromAverageOfChildren();
+    }
+    
+}
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Method:      VoxelTree::loadVoxelsFile()
 // Description: Loads HiFidelity encoded Voxels from a binary file. The current file
diff --git a/shared/src/VoxelTree.h b/shared/src/VoxelTree.h
index 0a76ff49b4..6b0da733e2 100644
--- a/shared/src/VoxelTree.h
+++ b/shared/src/VoxelTree.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public:
     void readBitstreamToTree(unsigned char * bitstream, int bufferSizeBytes);
     void readCodeColorBufferToTree(unsigned char *codeColorBuffer);
     void printTreeForDebugging(VoxelNode *startNode);
+    void reaverageVoxelColors(VoxelNode *startNode);
     unsigned char * loadBitstreamBuffer(unsigned char *& bitstreamBuffer,
                                         VoxelNode *currentVoxelNode,
                                         MarkerNode *currentMarkerNode,