diff --git a/include/osgViewer/Viewer b/include/osgViewer/Viewer
index 266e604a9..032c4027f 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/Viewer
+++ b/include/osgViewer/Viewer
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT Viewer : public ViewerBase, public osgViewer::View
         virtual void getUsage(osg::ApplicationUsage& usage) const;
 
         // ensure that osg::View provides the reiszerGLObjects and releaseGLObjects methods
-        using osg::View::resizeGLObjectBuffers;
-        using osg::View::releaseGLObjects;
+        virtual void resizeGLObjectBuffers(unsigned int maxSize) { osg::View::resizeGLObjectBuffers(maxSize); }
+        virtual void releaseGLObjects(osg::State* state = 0) const { osg::View::releaseGLObjects(state); }
 
     protected: