diff --git a/include/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow b/include/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow
index 51a3fe0e2..9b88b0c33 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow
+++ b/include/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT SingleWindow : public ViewConfig
 {
     public:
         
-        SingleWindow():_x(0),_y(0),_width(-1),_height(-1),_screenNum(0) {}
-        SingleWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height, unsigned int screenNum=0):_x(x),_y(y),_width(width),_height(height),_screenNum(screenNum) {}
-        SingleWindow(const SingleWindow& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY):ViewConfig(rhs,copyop), _x(rhs._x),_y(rhs._y),_width(rhs._width),_height(rhs._height),_screenNum(rhs._screenNum) {}
+        SingleWindow():_x(0),_y(0),_width(-1),_height(-1),_screenNum(0),_border(true),_overrideRedirect(false) {}
+        SingleWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height, unsigned int screenNum=0):_x(x),_y(y),_width(width),_height(height),_screenNum(screenNum),_border(true),_overrideRedirect(false) {}
+        SingleWindow(const SingleWindow& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY):ViewConfig(rhs,copyop), _x(rhs._x),_y(rhs._y),_width(rhs._width),_height(rhs._height),_screenNum(rhs._screenNum),_border(rhs._border), _overrideRedirect(rhs._overrideRedirect) {}
         
         META_Object(osgViewer,SingleWindow);
         
@@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT SingleWindow : public ViewConfig
         void setScreenNum(unsigned int sn) { _screenNum = sn; }
         unsigned int getScreenNum() const { return _screenNum; }
         
+        void setBorder(bool border) { _border = border; }
+        bool getBorder() const { return _border; }
+        
+        void setOverrideRedirect(bool override) { _overrideRedirect = override; }
+        bool getOverrideRedirect() const { return _overrideRedirect; }
+        
     protected:
         
         int _x, _y, _width, _height;
         unsigned int _screenNum;
+        bool _border;
+        bool _overrideRedirect;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow.cpp b/src/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow.cpp
index 3c585672f..0993a3ccc 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/config/SingleWindow.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ void SingleWindow::configure(osgViewer::View& view) const
     traits->y = _y;
     traits->width = _width;
     traits->height = _height;
-    traits->windowDecoration = true;
+    traits->windowDecoration = _border;
+    traits->overrideRedirect = _overrideRedirect;
     traits->doubleBuffer = true;
     traits->sharedContext = 0;
     
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ void SingleWindow::configure(osgViewer::View& view) const
         if (traits->width<=0) traits->width = width;
         if (traits->height<=0) traits->height = height;
     }
-
+    
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::GraphicsContext> gc = osg::GraphicsContext::createGraphicsContext(traits.get());
 
     view.getCamera()->setGraphicsContext(gc.get());
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgViewer/SingleWindow.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgViewer/SingleWindow.cpp
index 183953203..4b6c4d233 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgViewer/SingleWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osgViewer/SingleWindow.cpp
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ REGISTER_OBJECT_WRAPPER( osgViewer_SingleWindow,
     ADD_INT_SERIALIZER( Width, -1);
     ADD_INT_SERIALIZER( Height, -1);
     ADD_UINT_SERIALIZER( ScreenNum, 0u);
+    ADD_BOOL_SERIALIZER( Border, true);
+    ADD_BOOL_SERIALIZER( OverrideRedirect, true);
 }