diff --git a/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.cpp b/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.cpp
index e09478371..310d14ccb 100644
--- a/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.cpp
+++ b/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ TenNodeTetrahedron::TenNodeTetrahedron(int tag,
        int node2,
        int node3,
        int node4,
+       int node5,
+       int node6,
+       int node7,
+       int node8,
+       int node9,
+       int node10,
        NDMaterial &theMaterial,
        double b1, double b2, double b3)
   :Element(tag, ELE_TAG_TenNodeTetrahedron),
@@ -247,6 +253,12 @@ TenNodeTetrahedron::TenNodeTetrahedron(int tag,
   connectedExternalNodes(1) = node2 ;
   connectedExternalNodes(2) = node3 ;
   connectedExternalNodes(3) = node4 ;
+  connectedExternalNodes(4) = node5 ;
+  connectedExternalNodes(5) = node6 ;
+  connectedExternalNodes(6) = node7 ;
+  connectedExternalNodes(7) = node8 ;
+  connectedExternalNodes(8) = node9 ;
+  connectedExternalNodes(9) = node10 ;
 
 
   for (int i=0; i<NumGaussPoints; i++ ) 
diff --git a/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.h b/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.h
index d56426a41..ea3999ad7 100644
--- a/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.h
+++ b/SRC/element/tetrahedron/TenNodeTetrahedron.h
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ class TenNodeTetrahedron : public Element {
 	  int node1,
 	  int node2,
 	  int node3,
-	  int node4,
+    int node4,
+    int node5,
+    int node6,
+    int node7,
+    int node8,
+    int node9,
+    int node10,
 	  NDMaterial &theMaterial,
 	  double b1 = 0.0, double b2 = 0.0, double b3 = 0.0);