diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index eacde083..fca0528a 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 --------------------------
 Changes in 1.9 (not yet released)
 
+- Shader materials shows now how to pass material values.
+  In 1.8 we could still use gl_FrontMaterial, but that is no longer supported in shaders
 - Get IMeshBuffer::append functions working for a few more cases and adapt interface so one can prevent the BoundingBox update.
 - Bugfix: SMaterialLayer::operator!= no longer returns true when comparing a layer without texture matrix with one with a set identity texture matrix. Those are the same.
 - SMaterialLayer no longer releases allocated texture memory before destructor unless explicitly requested.
diff --git a/examples/10.Shaders/main.cpp b/examples/10.Shaders/main.cpp
index 7a3fffd9..98151428 100644
--- a/examples/10.Shaders/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/10.Shaders/main.cpp
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ class MyShaderCallBack : public video::IShaderConstantSetCallBack
 {
 public:
 	MyShaderCallBack() : WorldViewProjID(-1), TransWorldID(-1), InvWorldID(-1), PositionID(-1),
-						ColorID(-1), TextureID(-1)
+						ColorID(-1), TextureID(-1), EmissiveID(-1)
 	{
+		for ( int i=0; i<4; ++i )
+			Emissive[i] = 0.f;
 	}
 
 	virtual void OnCreate(video::IMaterialRendererServices* services, s32 userData)
@@ -57,14 +59,15 @@ public:
 		if (UseHighLevelShaders)
 		{
 			// Get shader constants id.
-			// Constants are "uniforms" in most modern shading languages.
+			// Constants are "uniforms" in other shading languages.
 			// And they are not constant at all but can be changed before every draw call
-			// (the naming probably has some historical reasons which got lost in time)
+			// (the naming probably comes from Direct3D where they are called constants)
 			WorldViewProjID = services->getVertexShaderConstantID("mWorldViewProj");
 			TransWorldID = services->getVertexShaderConstantID("mTransWorld");
 			InvWorldID = services->getVertexShaderConstantID("mInvWorld");
 			PositionID = services->getVertexShaderConstantID("mLightPos");
 			ColorID = services->getVertexShaderConstantID("mLightColor");
+			EmissiveID = services->getPixelShaderConstantID("mEmissive");
 
 			// Textures ID are important only for OpenGL interface.
 			video::IVideoDriver* driver = services->getVideoDriver();
@@ -94,6 +97,21 @@ public:
 			services->setVertexShaderConstant(reinterpret_cast<f32*>(&col), 9, 1);
 	}
 
+	// Called when any SMaterial value changes
+	virtual void OnSetMaterial(const irr::video::SMaterial& material)
+	{
+		// Remember material values to pass them on to shader in OnSetConstants
+		Emissive[0] = material.EmissiveColor.getRed() / 255.0f;
+		Emissive[1] = material.EmissiveColor.getGreen() / 255.0f;
+		Emissive[2] = material.EmissiveColor.getBlue() / 255.0f;
+		Emissive[3] = material.EmissiveColor.getAlpha() / 255.0f;
+
+		// Note: Until Irrlicht 1.8 it was possible to use gl_FrontMaterial in glsl
+		// This is no longer supported since Irrlicht 1.9
+		// Reason: Passing always every material value is slow, harder to port 
+		//         and generally getting deprecated in newer shader systems.
+	}
+
 	virtual void OnSetConstants(video::IMaterialRendererServices* services,
 			s32 userData)
 	{
@@ -148,6 +166,12 @@ public:
 		}
 		else
 			services->setVertexShaderConstant(world.pointer(), 10, 4);
+
+		// Set material values
+		if (UseHighLevelShaders)
+		{
+			services->setPixelShaderConstant(EmissiveID, Emissive, 4);
+		}
 	}
 
 private:
@@ -157,6 +181,9 @@ private:
 	s32 PositionID;
 	s32 ColorID;
 	s32 TextureID;
+
+	s32 EmissiveID;
+	irr::f32 Emissive[4];
 };
 
 /*
@@ -393,6 +420,7 @@ int main()
 	node->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_LIGHTING, false);
 	node->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_BLEND_OPERATION, true);
 	node->setMaterialType((video::E_MATERIAL_TYPE)newMaterialType2);
+	node->getMaterial(0).EmissiveColor = irr::video::SColor(0,50,0,50);
 
 	smgr->addTextSceneNode(gui->getBuiltInFont(),
 			L"PS & VS & EMT_TRANSPARENT",
diff --git a/media/d3d9.hlsl b/media/d3d9.hlsl
index ff52d6fa..11e1e079 100644
--- a/media/d3d9.hlsl
+++ b/media/d3d9.hlsl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ float4x4 mInvWorld;      // Inverted world matrix
 float4x4 mTransWorld;    // Transposed world matrix
 float3 mLightPos;        // Light position (actually just camera-pos in this case)
 float4 mLightColor;      // Light color
+float4 mEmissive;        // Emissive material color
 
 
 // Vertex shader output structure
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ PS_OUTPUT pixelMain(float2 TexCoord : TEXCOORD0,
 	// multiply with diffuse and do other senseless operations
 	Output.RGBColor = Diffuse * col;
 	Output.RGBColor *= 4.0;
+	Output.RGBColor += mEmissive;
 
 	return Output;
 }
diff --git a/media/opengl.frag b/media/opengl.frag
index 82c3d5c9..5f258ac5 100644
--- a/media/opengl.frag
+++ b/media/opengl.frag
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 
 uniform sampler2D myTexture;
+uniform vec4 mEmissive;
 
 void main (void)
 {
     vec4 col = texture2D(myTexture, vec2(gl_TexCoord[0]));
     col *= gl_Color;
     gl_FragColor = col * 4.0;
+	gl_FragColor += mEmissive;
 }