diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Utility.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Utility.h
index 77dac7a4..5b2e327c 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Utility.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Utility.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	int32_t roundToInteger(float r);
 	template <typename Type>
 	Type clamp(const Type& value, const Type& low, const Type& high);
+	uint32_t upperPowerOfTwo(uint32_t v);
 
 	inline int32_t roundTowardsNegInf(float r)
 	{
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Utility.cpp b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Utility.cpp
index c82c9630..bce4cd98 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Utility.cpp
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/source/Impl/Utility.cpp
@@ -60,4 +60,17 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		else
 			return ((uInput & (uInput-1)) == 0);
 	}
+
+	// http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#RoundUpPowerOf2
+	uint32_t upperPowerOfTwo(uint32_t v)
+	{
+		v--;
+		v |= v >> 1;
+		v |= v >> 2;
+		v |= v >> 4;
+		v |= v >> 8;
+		v |= v >> 16;
+		v++;
+		return v;
+	}
 }