diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp
index 91c4f799ab..5167f6ef0e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "actor.hpp"
 
-#include <BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCylinderShape.h>
+#include <BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btCapsuleShape.h>
 #include <BulletCollision/CollisionShapes/btBoxShape.h>
 #include <BulletCollision/CollisionDispatch/btCollisionWorld.h>
 
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ Actor::Actor(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr, osg::ref_ptr<const Resource::BulletShape>
     // Use capsule shape only if base is square (nonuniform scaling apparently doesn't work on it)
     if (std::abs(mHalfExtents.x()-mHalfExtents.y())<mHalfExtents.x()*0.05 && mHalfExtents.z() >= mHalfExtents.x())
     {
-        // Could also be btCapsuleShapeZ, but the movement solver seems to have issues with it (jumping on slopes doesn't work)
-        mShape.reset(new btCylinderShapeZ(toBullet(mHalfExtents)));
+        mShape.reset(new btCapsuleShapeZ(mHalfExtents.x(), 2*mHalfExtents.z() - 2*mHalfExtents.x()));
     }
     else
         mShape.reset(new btBoxShape(toBullet(mHalfExtents)));