diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java
index 4a3100a94..737f4bb5f 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/MathUtils.java
@@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ public class MathUtils {
         return array[minElementIndex(array)];
     }
 
+    public static int arrayMin(int[] array) {
+        return array[minElementIndex(array)];
+    }
+
     public static byte arrayMin(byte[] array) {
         return array[minElementIndex(array)];
     }
@@ -601,6 +605,18 @@ public class MathUtils {
         return minI;
     }
 
+    public static int minElementIndex(int[] array) {
+        if (array == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array cannot be null!");
+
+        int minI = -1;
+        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (minI == -1 || array[i] < array[minI])
+                minI = i;
+        }
+
+        return minI;
+    }
+
     public static int arrayMaxInt(List<Integer> array) {
         if (array == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array cannot be null!");
         if (array.size() == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array size cannot be 0!");