diff --git a/include/osgDB/Registry b/include/osgDB/Registry
index 2a0858ac9..958791a7d 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/Registry
+++ b/include/osgDB/Registry
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT Registry : public osg::Referenced
         /** Get the ObjectWrapperManager that is used to store all the ObjectWrappers. */
         DeprecatedDotOsgWrapperManager* getDeprecatedDotOsgObjectWrapperManager() { return _deprecatedDotOsgWrapperManager.get(); }
 
+        typedef std::vector< std::string> ArchiveExtensionList;
+        const ArchiveExtensionList& getArchiveExtensions() const { return _archiveExtList; }
+
     protected:
 
         virtual ~Registry();
@@ -492,7 +495,6 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT Registry : public osg::Referenced
         typedef std::vector< osg::ref_ptr<DynamicLibrary> >             DynamicLibraryList;
         typedef std::map< std::string, std::string>                     ExtensionAliasMap;
         typedef std::map< std::string, std::string>                     MimeTypeExtensionMap;
-        typedef std::vector< std::string>                               ArchiveExtensionList;
         
         typedef std::pair<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Object>, double >           ObjectTimeStampPair;
         typedef std::map<std::string, ObjectTimeStampPair >             ObjectCache;
diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index 062f837a6..1bae8c593 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,12 @@ ReaderWriter::ReadResult Registry::read(const ReadFunctor& readFunctor)
 
             osgDB::Archive* archive = result.getArchive();
         
-            osg::ref_ptr<Options> options = new Options;
+            //if valid options were passed through the read functor clone them
+            //otherwise make new options
+            osg::ref_ptr<osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options> options = readFunctor._options ?
+                readFunctor._options->cloneOptions() :
+                new osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options;
+
             options->setDatabasePath(archiveName);
 
             return archive->readObject(fileName,options.get());