diff --git a/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp b/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
index 2a908a93d..d1e11d4e1 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ StatsHandler::StatsHandler():
     _lineHeight(1.5f)
 {
     _camera = new osg::Camera;
+    _camera->getOrCreateStateSet()->setGlobalDefaults();
     _camera->setRenderer(new Renderer(_camera.get()));
     _camera->setProjectionResizePolicy(osg::Camera::FIXED);
 }