diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osg/Object.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osg/Object.cpp
index 1ffd0c929..ee7f2b637 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osg/Object.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/serializers/osg/Object.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static bool writeUserData( osgDB::OutputStream& os, const osg::Object& obj )
 }
 
 REGISTER_OBJECT_WRAPPER( Object,
-                         /*new osg::Object*/NULL,
+                         new osg::DummyObject,
                          osg::Object,
                          "osg::Object" )
 {