diff --git a/modules/gltf/gltf_document.cpp b/modules/gltf/gltf_document.cpp
index 992075e980e7..be88f650117a 100644
--- a/modules/gltf/gltf_document.cpp
+++ b/modules/gltf/gltf_document.cpp
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ Error GLTFDocument::_parse_nodes(Ref<GLTFState> p_state) {
 		}
 		if (n.has("matrix")) {
 			node->transform = _arr_to_xform(n["matrix"]);
+			node->set_additional_data("GODOT_rest_transform", node->transform);
 		} else {
 			if (n.has("translation")) {
 				node->set_position(_arr_to_vec3(n["translation"]));