diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
index b51ec9295..346ac9329 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/ReaderWriterOBJ.cpp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ osg::Drawable* ReaderWriterOBJ::makeDrawable(GLMmodel* obj,
     IndexVec tcount(obj->numtexcoords+1,0);
 
     bool needNormals = obj->normals && obj->normals>0;
-    bool needTexcoords = obj->texcoords && obj->numtexcoords>0;
+    bool needTexcoords = obj->texcoords && obj->numtexcoords>0 && grp->hastexcoords;
 
     // first count the number of vertices used in this group.
     for (i = 0; i < ntris; i++)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.cpp
index 005c3c437..c72610da9 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ _glmAddGroup(GLMmodel* model, char* name)
     group->material = 0;
     group->numtriangles = 0;
     group->triangles = NULL;
+    group->hastexcoords = false;
     group->next = model->groups;
     model->groups = group;
     model->numgroups++;
@@ -764,6 +765,7 @@ _glmSecondPass(GLMmodel* model, FILE* file)
 	T(numtriangles).tindices[2] = t;
 	T(numtriangles).nindices[2] = n;
 	group->triangles[group->numtriangles++] = numtriangles;
+	group->hastexcoords = true;
 	numtriangles++;
 	while(fscanf(file, "%d/%d/%d", &v, &t, &n) > 0) {
 	  T(numtriangles).vindices[0] = T(numtriangles-1).vindices[0];
@@ -789,6 +791,7 @@ _glmSecondPass(GLMmodel* model, FILE* file)
 	T(numtriangles).vindices[2] = v;
 	T(numtriangles).tindices[2] = t;
 	group->triangles[group->numtriangles++] = numtriangles;
+	group->hastexcoords = true;
 	numtriangles++;
 	while(fscanf(file, "%d/%d", &v, &t) > 0) {
 	  T(numtriangles).vindices[0] = T(numtriangles-1).vindices[0];
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.h b/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.h
index ffaa499bf..478acaf5d 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/obj/glm.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct GLMgroup {
   GLuint            numtriangles;	/* number of triangles in this group */
   GLuint*           triangles;		/* array of triangle indices */
   GLuint            material;           /* index to material for group */
+  bool              hastexcoords;       /* set to true if triangles have texture coords */
   struct GLMgroup*  next;		/* pointer to next group in model */
 
   void init()
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ struct GLMgroup {
 	numtriangles = 0;	
 	triangles = NULL;	
 	material = 0;       
+        hastexcoords = false;
 	next = NULL;		
   }
 };