diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index 409faa824..5a7cfba70 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ Registry::Registry()
     #endif
     }
 
+    addFileExtensionAlias("osgs", "osg");
     addFileExtensionAlias("shadow",  "osgShadow");
     addFileExtensionAlias("terrain", "osgTerrain");
     addFileExtensionAlias("view",  "osgViewer");
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osg/ReaderWriterOSG.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osg/ReaderWriterOSG.cpp
index 2c35d0430..2813aade6 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osg/ReaderWriterOSG.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osg/ReaderWriterOSG.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ class OSGReaderWriter : public ReaderWriter
         virtual ReadResult readNode(const std::string& file, const Options* opt) const
         {
             std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(file);
+                        
+            if (equalCaseInsensitive(ext,"osgs"))
+            {   
+                std::istringstream fin(osgDB::getNameLessExtension(file));
+                if (fin) return readNode(fin,opt);
+                return ReadResult::ERROR_IN_READING_FILE;
+            }            
+            
             if (!acceptsExtension(ext)) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
 
             std::string fileName = osgDB::findDataFile( file, opt );