diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/properties_physics_fluid.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/properties_physics_fluid.py
index 114d74f1060..363b0f20428 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/properties_physics_fluid.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/properties_physics_fluid.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class PHYSICS_PT_fluid(PhysicButtonsPanel, Panel):
             col.label()
             col.prop(fluid, "use_speed_vectors")
             col.prop(fluid, "use_reverse_frames")
+            col.prop(fluid, "frame_offset", text="Offset")
 
             layout.prop(fluid, "filepath", text="")
 
diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_object_fluidsim.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_object_fluidsim.h
index 90e6e97bc15..0651f076096 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_object_fluidsim.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_object_fluidsim.h
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ typedef struct FluidsimSettings {
 	float animStart, animEnd;
 	/* bake start end time (in blender frames) */
 	int bakeStart, bakeEnd;
+	/* offset for baked frames */
+	int frameOffset;
+	int pad;
 	/* g star param (LBM compressibility) */
 	float gstar;
 	/* activate refinement? */
diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_fluidsim.c b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_fluidsim.c
index 99a84fc8b39..c17f23bb3a0 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_fluidsim.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_fluidsim.c
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ static void rna_def_fluidsim_domain(BlenderRNA *brna)
 	RNA_def_property_range(prop, 0, 100);
 	RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "End Time", "Simulation time of the last blender frame (in seconds)");
 	
+	prop= RNA_def_property(srna, "frame_offset", PROP_INT, PROP_NONE);
+	RNA_def_property_int_sdna(prop, NULL, "frameOffset");
+	RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop, "Cache Offset", "Offset when reading baked cache");
+	RNA_def_property_update(prop, NC_OBJECT, "rna_fluid_update");
+	
 	prop= RNA_def_property(srna, "simulation_scale", PROP_FLOAT, PROP_NONE);
 	RNA_def_property_float_sdna(prop, NULL, "realsize");
 	RNA_def_property_range(prop, 0.001, 10);
diff --git a/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_fluidsim_util.c b/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_fluidsim_util.c
index b62a497a10c..38909a2671a 100644
--- a/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_fluidsim_util.c
+++ b/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_fluidsim_util.c
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ static DerivedMesh *fluidsim_read_cache(Object *ob, DerivedMesh *orgdm, Fluidsim
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* offset baked frame */
+	curFrame += fss->frameOffset;
+
 	BLI_path_abs(targetFile, modifier_path_relbase(ob));
 	BLI_path_frame(targetFile, curFrame, 0); // fixed #frame-no