diff --git a/modules/gridmap/doc_classes/GridMap.xml b/modules/gridmap/doc_classes/GridMap.xml
index 73315350ffc..885817caf11 100644
--- a/modules/gridmap/doc_classes/GridMap.xml
+++ b/modules/gridmap/doc_classes/GridMap.xml
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
 		<member name="navigation_layers" type="int" setter="set_navigation_layers" getter="get_navigation_layers" default="1">
 			The navigation layers the GridMap generates its navigable regions in.
 		</member>
+		<member name="physics_material" type="PhysicsMaterial" setter="set_physics_material" getter="get_physics_material">
+			Overrides the default friction and bounce physics properties for the whole [GridMap].
+		</member>
 	</members>
 	<signals>
 		<signal name="cell_size_changed">
diff --git a/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp b/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp
index c9d8f2b42b8..a6cc72464c9 100644
--- a/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp
+++ b/modules/gridmap/grid_map.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "core/object/message_queue.h"
 #include "scene/3d/light_3d.h"
 #include "scene/resources/mesh_library.h"
+#include "scene/resources/physics_material.h"
 #include "scene/resources/surface_tool.h"
 #include "scene/scene_string_names.h"
 #include "servers/navigation_server_3d.h"
@@ -181,6 +182,15 @@ void GridMap::set_collision_mask_value(int p_layer_number, bool p_value) {
 	set_collision_mask(mask);
 }
 
+void GridMap::set_physics_material(Ref<PhysicsMaterial> p_material) {
+	physics_material = p_material;
+	_recreate_octant_data();
+}
+
+Ref<PhysicsMaterial> GridMap::get_physics_material() const {
+	return physics_material;
+}
+
 bool GridMap::get_collision_mask_value(int p_layer_number) const {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(p_layer_number < 1, false, "Collision layer number must be between 1 and 32 inclusive.");
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(p_layer_number > 32, false, "Collision layer number must be between 1 and 32 inclusive.");
@@ -316,6 +326,10 @@ void GridMap::set_cell_item(const Vector3i &p_position, int p_item, int p_rot) {
 		PhysicsServer3D::get_singleton()->body_attach_object_instance_id(g->static_body, get_instance_id());
 		PhysicsServer3D::get_singleton()->body_set_collision_layer(g->static_body, collision_layer);
 		PhysicsServer3D::get_singleton()->body_set_collision_mask(g->static_body, collision_mask);
+		if (physics_material.is_valid()) {
+			PhysicsServer3D::get_singleton()->body_set_param(g->static_body, PhysicsServer3D::BODY_PARAM_FRICTION, physics_material->get_friction());
+			PhysicsServer3D::get_singleton()->body_set_param(g->static_body, PhysicsServer3D::BODY_PARAM_BOUNCE, physics_material->get_bounce());
+		}
 		SceneTree *st = SceneTree::get_singleton();
 
 		if (st && st->is_debugging_collisions_hint()) {
@@ -801,6 +815,9 @@ void GridMap::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_collision_layer_value", "layer_number", "value"), &GridMap::set_collision_layer_value);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_collision_layer_value", "layer_number"), &GridMap::get_collision_layer_value);
 
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_physics_material", "material"), &GridMap::set_physics_material);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_physics_material"), &GridMap::get_physics_material);
+
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_bake_navigation", "bake_navigation"), &GridMap::set_bake_navigation);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("is_baking_navigation"), &GridMap::is_baking_navigation);
 
@@ -850,6 +867,7 @@ void GridMap::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("make_baked_meshes", "gen_lightmap_uv", "lightmap_uv_texel_size"), &GridMap::make_baked_meshes, DEFVAL(false), DEFVAL(0.1));
 
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::OBJECT, "mesh_library", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "MeshLibrary"), "set_mesh_library", "get_mesh_library");
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::OBJECT, "physics_material", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "PhysicsMaterial"), "set_physics_material", "get_physics_material");
 	ADD_GROUP("Cell", "cell_");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::VECTOR3, "cell_size"), "set_cell_size", "get_cell_size");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "cell_octant_size", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "1,1024,1"), "set_octant_size", "get_octant_size");
diff --git a/modules/gridmap/grid_map.h b/modules/gridmap/grid_map.h
index 879489fc707..e1239f3e4fa 100644
--- a/modules/gridmap/grid_map.h
+++ b/modules/gridmap/grid_map.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 //heh heh, godotsphir!! this shares no code and the design is completely different with previous projects i've done..
 //should scale better with hardware that supports instancing
 
+class PhysicsMaterial;
+
 class GridMap : public Node3D {
 	GDCLASS(GridMap, Node3D);
 
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ class GridMap : public Node3D {
 
 	uint32_t collision_layer = 1;
 	uint32_t collision_mask = 1;
+	Ref<PhysicsMaterial> physics_material;
 	bool bake_navigation = false;
 	uint32_t navigation_layers = 1;
 
@@ -223,6 +226,9 @@ public:
 	void set_collision_mask_value(int p_layer_number, bool p_value);
 	bool get_collision_mask_value(int p_layer_number) const;
 
+	void set_physics_material(Ref<PhysicsMaterial> p_material);
+	Ref<PhysicsMaterial> get_physics_material() const;
+
 	void set_bake_navigation(bool p_bake_navigation);
 	bool is_baking_navigation();