diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp
index f6bd80144..be9cc737b 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ bool Utils::compareDoubles(double a, double b, double epsilon)
     return fabs(a - b) < epsilon;
 }
 
+bool Utils::compareFloats(float a, float b, float epsilon)
+{
+    return fabs(a - b) < epsilon;
+}
+
 // Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/1489873
 unsigned int Utils::getNumberOfDigits(int integer)
 {
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp
index e69ef6459..b70e621e2 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Utils.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ namespace Utils
     int progressFunc(double TotalToDownload, double NowDownloaded);
 
     unsigned int getNumberOfDigits(int integer);
-    bool compareDoubles(double a, double b, double epsilon);
+    bool compareDoubles(double a, double b, double epsilon = 0.005);
+    bool compareFloats(float a, float b, float epsilon = 0.005f);
 
     template <class Type, class Type2>
     bool vectorContains(const std::vector<Type> &vectorChecked, const Type2 &value)