diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index b96333295..554da079a 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -1236,6 +1236,8 @@ osg::ref_ptr<DatabasePager>& DatabasePager::prototype()
     return s_DatabasePager;
 }
 
+OSG_INIT_SINGLETON_PROXY(ProxyInitDatabasePager, DatabasePager::prototype())
+
 DatabasePager* DatabasePager::create()
 {
     return DatabasePager::prototype().valid() ?
diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index 14a8d0476..7a3aad6f6 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ Registry* Registry::instance(bool erase)
     return s_registry.get(); // will return NULL on erase
 }
 
+OSG_INIT_SINGLETON_PROXY(ProxyInitRegistry, Registry::instance())
+
 
 // definition of the Registry
 Registry::Registry()
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp b/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
index ea70af49b..1860f9656 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
@@ -40,23 +40,6 @@ static osg::ApplicationUsageProxy ViewerBase_e5(osg::ApplicationUsage::ENVIRONME
 
 using namespace osgViewer;
 
-
-struct InitRegistry
-{
-    InitRegistry()
-    {
-        osgDB::Registry::instance();
-    }
-
-    ~InitRegistry()
-    {
-        osgDB::DatabasePager::prototype() = 0;
-        osgDB::Registry::instance(true);
-    }
-};
-
-static InitRegistry s_InitRegistry;
-
 ViewerBase::ViewerBase():
     osg::Object(true)
 {