diff --git a/include/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation b/include/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation
index c739cd6d5..76f51dbb8 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation
+++ b/include/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT StateToCompile : public osg::NodeVisitor
 {
     public:
 
-        StateToCompile(GLObjectsVisitor::Mode mode, osg::Object* markerObject=0);
+        StateToCompile(GLObjectsVisitor::Mode mode, osg::Object* markerObject);
 
         typedef std::set<osg::Drawable*> DrawableSet;
         typedef std::set<osg::StateSet*> StateSetSet;
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT IncrementalCompileOperation : public osg::GraphicsOperation
             typedef std::map<osg::GraphicsContext*, CompileList >  CompileMap;
             CompileMap                              _compileMap;
 
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Object>           _markerObject;
+
         protected:
 
             virtual ~CompileSet() {}
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp b/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp
index 8cf2a2c78..c0b0aa3bb 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/IncrementalCompileOperation.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ void IncrementalCompileOperation::CompileSet::buildCompileMap(ContextSet& contex
 {
     if (contexts.empty() || !_subgraphToCompile) return;
 
-    StateToCompile stc(mode);
+    StateToCompile stc(mode, _markerObject.get());
+
     _subgraphToCompile->accept(stc);
 
     buildCompileMap(contexts, stc);
@@ -579,6 +580,9 @@ void IncrementalCompileOperation::add(CompileSet* compileSet, bool callBuildComp
 {
     if (!compileSet) return;
 
+    // pass on the markerObject to the CompileSet
+    compileSet->_markerObject = _markerObject;
+
     if (compileSet->_subgraphToCompile.valid())
     {
         // force a compute of the bound of the subgraph to avoid the update traversal from having to do this work