diff --git a/examples/osganimationmorph/osganimationmorph.cpp b/examples/osganimationmorph/osganimationmorph.cpp
index 8506bb49f..01143b880 100644
--- a/examples/osganimationmorph/osganimationmorph.cpp
+++ b/examples/osganimationmorph/osganimationmorph.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 
     osg::Geode* geode = new osg::Geode;
     geode->addDrawable(morph);
-    geode->addUpdateCallback(new osgAnimation::UpdateMorph("MorphNodeCallback"));
+    osgAnimation::UpdateMorph* morphupdate=new osgAnimation::UpdateMorph("MorphNodeCallback");
+    morphupdate->addTarget("MorphNodeCallback");
+    geode->addUpdateCallback(morphupdate);
     scene->addChild(geode);
 
     viewer.addEventHandler(new osgViewer::StatsHandler());
diff --git a/include/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry b/include/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry
index 15ad85087..565e070f1 100644
--- a/include/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry
+++ b/include/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <osgAnimation/Export>
 #include <osgAnimation/AnimationUpdateCallback>
 #include <osg/Geometry>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace osgAnimation
 {
@@ -81,6 +82,25 @@ namespace osgAnimation
         */
         virtual void addMorphTarget( osg::Geometry *morphTarget, float weight = 1.0 ) { _morphTargets.push_back(MorphTarget(morphTarget, weight)); _dirty = true; }
 
+        virtual void removeMorphTarget( osg::Geometry *morphTarget ) {
+            for(MorphTargetList::iterator iterator = _morphTargets.begin() ; iterator != _morphTargets.end() ; ++ iterator) {
+                if(iterator->getGeometry()  == morphTarget) {
+                    _morphTargets.erase(iterator);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        virtual void removeMorphTarget( const std::string& name ) {
+            for(MorphTargetList::iterator iterator = _morphTargets.begin() ; iterator != _morphTargets.end() ; ++ iterator) {
+                if(iterator->getGeometry() && iterator->getGeometry()->getName() == name) {
+                    _morphTargets.erase(iterator);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+
         void setWeight(unsigned int index, float morphWeight)
         {
             if (index < _morphTargets.size())
@@ -121,20 +141,41 @@ namespace osgAnimation
 
     class OSGANIMATION_EXPORT UpdateMorph : public AnimationUpdateCallback<osg::NodeCallback>
     {
-    protected:
-        std::map<int, osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::FloatTarget> > _weightTargets;
-
     public:
+        typedef std::vector<std::string> TargetNames;
+        typedef std::map< int, osg::ref_ptr<osgAnimation::FloatTarget> > WeightTargets;
 
         META_Object(osgAnimation, UpdateMorph);
 
         UpdateMorph(const std::string& name = "");
         UpdateMorph(const UpdateMorph& apc,const osg::CopyOp& copyop);
 
+        void addTarget(const std::string& name) { _targetNames.push_back(name); }
+        unsigned int getNumTarget() const { return _targetNames.size(); }
+        const std::string& getTargetName(unsigned int index) { return _targetNames[index]; }
+        void removeTarget(const std::string& name) {
+            TargetNames::iterator found = std::find(_targetNames.begin(), _targetNames.end(), name);
+            if(found != _targetNames.end())
+                _targetNames.erase(found);
+        }
+
+        // for serialization
+        const std::vector<std::string>& getTargetNames() const { return _targetNames; }
+        std::vector<std::string>& getTargetNames() { return _targetNames; }
+
+        void setTargetNames(const TargetNames& targetNames) {
+            _targetNames.assign(targetNames.begin(), targetNames.end());
+        }
+
         /** Callback method called by the NodeVisitor when visiting a node.*/
         virtual void operator()(osg::Node* node, osg::NodeVisitor* nv);
         bool needLink() const;
         bool link(osgAnimation::Channel* channel);
+        int link(Animation* animation);
+
+    protected:
+        WeightTargets _weightTargets;
+        TargetNames _targetNames;
     };
 
     struct UpdateMorphGeometry : public osg::DrawableUpdateCallback
diff --git a/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp b/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp
index 88c40b56f..7d8213654 100644
--- a/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgAnimation/MorphGeometry.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ MorphGeometry::MorphGeometry(const MorphGeometry& b, const osg::CopyOp& copyop)
     setUseVertexBufferObjects(true);
 }
 
+
 void MorphGeometry::transformSoftwareMethod()
 {
     if (_dirty)
@@ -279,3 +280,29 @@ bool UpdateMorph::link(osgAnimation::Channel* channel)
     }
     return false;
 }
+
+int UpdateMorph::link(Animation* animation)
+{
+    if (getNumTarget() == 0)
+    {
+        osg::notify(osg::WARN) << "An update callback has no name, it means it could link only with \"\" named Target, often an error, discard" << std::endl;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    unsigned int nbLinks = 0;
+    for (ChannelList::iterator channel = animation->getChannels().begin();
+         channel != animation->getChannels().end();
+         ++channel)
+    {
+        std::string targetName = (*channel)->getTargetName();
+        for(int i = 0, num = getNumTarget(); i < num; ++i) {
+            if (targetName == getTargetName(i))
+            {
+                AnimationUpdateCallbackBase* a = this;
+                a->link((*channel).get());
+                nbLinks++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return nbLinks;
+}