diff --git a/include/osgViewer/Renderer b/include/osgViewer/Renderer
index d04e9ab63..23e9bae21 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/Renderer
+++ b/include/osgViewer/Renderer
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT Renderer : public osg::GraphicsOperation, public OpenGLQu
         void setGraphicsThreadDoesCull(bool flag);
         bool getGraphicsThreadDoesCull() const { return _graphicsThreadDoesCull; }
 
+
         virtual void cull();
         virtual void draw();
         virtual void cull_draw();
 
+        virtual void compile();
+        
+        void setCompileOnNextDraw(bool flag) { _compileOnNextDraw = flag; }
+        bool getCompileOnNextDraw() const { return _compileOnNextDraw; }
+
         virtual void operator () (osg::Object* object);
         
         virtual void operator () (osg::GraphicsContext* context);
@@ -136,6 +142,7 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT Renderer : public osg::GraphicsOperation, public OpenGLQu
         
         bool                                                _done;
         bool                                                _graphicsThreadDoesCull;
+        bool                                                _compileOnNextDraw;
         
         osg::ref_ptr<osgUtil::SceneView>                    _sceneView[2];
         
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp
index 66636c2b5..be5113870 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ Renderer::Renderer(osg::Camera* camera):
     _conservativeTimeRatio(0.5),
     _camera(camera),
     _done(false),
-    _graphicsThreadDoesCull(true)
+    _graphicsThreadDoesCull(true),
+    _compileOnNextDraw(true)
 {
 
     DEBUG_MESSAGE<<"Render::Render() "<<this<<std::endl;
@@ -251,6 +252,22 @@ void Renderer::updateSceneView(osgUtil::SceneView* sceneView)
     if (view) _startTick = view->getStartTick();
 }
 
+void Renderer::compile()
+{
+    DEBUG_MESSAGE<<"Renderer::compile()"<<std::endl;
+
+    _compileOnNextDraw = false;
+    
+    osgUtil::SceneView* sceneView = _sceneView[0].get();
+    if (!sceneView || _done) return;
+
+    if (sceneView->getSceneData()) 
+    {
+        osgUtil::GLObjectsVisitor glov;
+        glov.setState(sceneView->getState());
+        sceneView->getSceneData()->accept(glov);
+    }
+}
 
 void Renderer::cull()
 {
@@ -322,8 +339,13 @@ void Renderer::draw()
     osg::GraphicsContext* compileContext = sceneView ? osg::GraphicsContext::getCompileContext(sceneView->getState()->getContextID()) : 0;
     osg::GraphicsThread* compileThread = compileContext ? compileContext->getGraphicsThread() : 0;
 
-    if (sceneView || _done)
+    if (sceneView && !_done)
     {
+        if (_compileOnNextDraw)
+        {
+            compile();
+        }
+    
         osgViewer::View* view = dynamic_cast<osgViewer::View*>(_camera->getView());
         osgDB::DatabasePager* databasePager = view ? view->getDatabasePager() : 0;
 
@@ -431,6 +453,11 @@ void Renderer::cull_draw()
     osgUtil::SceneView* sceneView = _sceneView[0].get();
     if (!sceneView || _done) return;
 
+    if (_compileOnNextDraw)
+    {
+        compile();
+    }
+
     updateSceneView(sceneView);
 
     osgViewer::View* view = dynamic_cast<osgViewer::View*>(_camera->getView());
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/View.cpp b/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
index 687c60383..02c74387c 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/View.cpp
@@ -1634,6 +1634,10 @@ void View::assignSceneDataToCameras()
     {
         _camera->removeChildren(0,_camera->getNumChildren());
         if (sceneData) _camera->addChild(sceneData);
+        
+        Renderer* renderer = dynamic_cast<Renderer*>(_camera->getRenderer());
+        if (renderer) renderer->setCompileOnNextDraw(true);
+
     }
 
     for(unsigned i=0; i<getNumSlaves(); ++i)
@@ -1643,6 +1647,9 @@ void View::assignSceneDataToCameras()
         {
             slave._camera->removeChildren(0,slave._camera->getNumChildren());
             if (sceneData) slave._camera->addChild(sceneData);
+        
+            Renderer* renderer = dynamic_cast<Renderer*>(slave._camera->getRenderer());
+            if (renderer) renderer->setCompileOnNextDraw(true);
         }
     }    
 }
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp b/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
index a5bfbfe07..0d7a19f3c 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <osgUtil/Optimizer>
 #include <osgUtil/IntersectionVisitor>
-#include <osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor>
-#include <osgUtil/RenderLeaf>
 
 static osg::ApplicationUsageProxy ViewerBase_e0(osg::ApplicationUsage::ENVIRONMENTAL_VARIABLE,"OSG_CONFIG_FILE <filename>","Specify a viewer configuration file to load by default.");
 static osg::ApplicationUsageProxy ViewerBase_e1(osg::ApplicationUsage::ENVIRONMENTAL_VARIABLE,"OSG_THREADING <value>","Set the threading model using by Viewer, <value> can be SingleThreaded, CullDrawThreadPerContext, DrawThreadPerContext or CullThreadPerCameraDrawThreadPerContext.");
@@ -281,7 +279,6 @@ void ViewerBase::startThreading()
     // using multi-threading so make sure that new objects are allocated with thread safe ref/unref
     osg::Referenced::setThreadSafeReferenceCounting(true);
 
-
     Scenes scenes;
     getScenes(scenes);
     for(Scenes::iterator scitr = scenes.begin();
@@ -375,8 +372,6 @@ void ViewerBase::startThreading()
         if (affinity) gc->getGraphicsThread()->setProcessorAffinity(processNum % numProcessors);
         threadAffinityMap[gc->getGraphicsThread()] = processNum % numProcessors;
 
-        gc->getGraphicsThread()->add(new osgUtil::GLObjectsOperation());
-
         // add the startRenderingBarrier
         if (_threadingModel==CullDrawThreadPerContext && _startRenderingBarrier.valid()) gc->getGraphicsThread()->add(_startRenderingBarrier.get());