diff --git a/include/osg/CullSettings b/include/osg/CullSettings
index bc422eb1b..4ead2e0cb 100644
--- a/include/osg/CullSettings
+++ b/include/osg/CullSettings
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class OSG_EXPORT CullSettings
         }
 
 
-        void setDefaults();
+        virtual void setDefaults();
 
         
         enum VariablesMask
diff --git a/include/osgUtil/SceneView b/include/osgUtil/SceneView
index 2293831f9..a7c75ac88 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/SceneView
+++ b/include/osgUtil/SceneView
@@ -52,10 +52,13 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT SceneView : public osg::Object, public osg::CullSettings
                                 COMPILE_GLOBJECTS_AT_INIT                                
         };
 
+        /* Set defaults. */
+        virtual void setDefaults() { setDefaults(STANDARD_SETTINGS); }
+
         /** Set scene view to use default global state, light, camera
          *  and render visitor.
          */
-        void setDefaults(unsigned int options = STANDARD_SETTINGS);
+        virtual void setDefaults(unsigned int options);
 
         /** Set the camera used to represent the camera view of this SceneView.*/
         void setCamera(osg::Camera* camera);
@@ -423,7 +426,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT SceneView : public osg::Object, public osg::CullSettings
         virtual osg::Matrixd computeRightEyeViewImplementation(const osg::Matrixd& view) const;
 
         /** Inherit the local cull settings variable from specified CullSettings object, according to the inheritance mask.*/
-        void inheritCullSettings(const CullSettings& settings) { inheritCullSettings(settings, _inheritanceMask); }
+        virtual void inheritCullSettings(const CullSettings& settings) { inheritCullSettings(settings, _inheritanceMask); }
 
         /** Inherit the local cull settings variable from specified CullSettings object, according to the inheritance mask.*/
         virtual void inheritCullSettings(const osg::CullSettings& settings, unsigned int inheritanceMask);
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
index 1ffffa491..3ee740339 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/SceneView.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ SceneView::~SceneView()
 
 void SceneView::setDefaults(unsigned int options)
 {
+    osg::CullSettings::setDefaults();
+
     _camera->getProjectionMatrix().makePerspective(50.0f,1.4f,1.0f,10000.0f);
     _camera->getViewMatrix().makeIdentity();