diff --git a/examples/osgunittests/UnitTests_osg.cpp b/examples/osgunittests/UnitTests_osg.cpp
index 96c8753c4..fb7fa8cef 100644
--- a/examples/osgunittests/UnitTests_osg.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgunittests/UnitTests_osg.cpp
@@ -7,57 +7,6 @@
 namespace osg
 {
 
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// 
-//  Matrixd Tests
-//
-
-class MatrixdTestFixture
-{
-public:
-
-    MatrixdTestFixture();
-
-    void testMatrixToQuat(const osgUtx::TestContext& ctx);
-
-private:
-
-    // Some convenience variables for use in the tests
-    Matrixd m1_, m2_;
-    double l1_, l2_;
-
-};
-
-MatrixdTestFixture::MatrixdTestFixture():
-    m1_(0.3583681546368404100000000000000, -0.933580347769909500000000000000, 3.006977197034146200000000000000e-011, 000000000000000, 
-    -0.933580347769909500000000000000, -0.3583681546368404100000000000000, -1.275368738108216700000000000000e-010, 000000000000000, 
-    1.298419676971558500000000000000e-010, 1.763260594230249800000000000000e-011, -0.9999999999999997800000000000000, 000000000000000, 
-    -4.134153519264493800000000000000e-005, 8.473552245044272300000000000000e-008, 0.9999996934706840700000000000000, 100000000000000.0 ),
-
-    m2_(      0.3583681546368407400000000000000, -0.9335803477699099500000000000000, 3.007582030796253300000000000000e-011, 000000000000000, 
-    -0.9335803477699099500000000000000, -0.3583681546368407400000000000000, -1.265511449721884600000000000000e-010, 000000000000000, 
-    1.289238781567697100000000000000e-010, 1.727370550828948600000000000000e-011, -1.000000000000000400000000000000, 000000000000000, 
-    -4.134153473360120600000000000000e-005, 8.473570190103158800000000000000e-008, 0.999999693471385400000000000000, 100000000000000.0),
-    l1_(1),
-    l2_(1)
-{
-}
-
-void MatrixdTestFixture::testMatrixToQuat(const osgUtx::TestContext&)
-{
-    Quat q1,q2;
-    q1.set(m1_);
-    q2.set(m2_);
-    OSGUTX_TEST_F( q1.length() == l1_ )
-    OSGUTX_TEST_F( q2.length() == l2_ )
-}
-
-
-OSGUTX_BEGIN_TESTSUITE(Matrixd)
-    OSGUTX_ADD_TESTCASE(MatrixdTestFixture, testMatrixToQuat)
-OSGUTX_END_TESTSUITE
-
-OSGUTX_AUTOREGISTER_TESTSUITE_AT(Matrixd, root.osg)
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // 
diff --git a/examples/osgunittests/osgunittests.cpp b/examples/osgunittests/osgunittests.cpp
index f45ca69b6..d789e2f3f 100644
--- a/examples/osgunittests/osgunittests.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgunittests/osgunittests.cpp
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ void sizeOfTest()
 /// versus
 ///  (mat(q1)*mat(q2)*scale).getRotate()
 /// for a range of rotations
-void testGetQuatFromMatrix() {
+void testGetQuatFromMatrix(const osg::Vec3d& scale) 
+{
     
     // Options
     
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ void testGetQuatFromMatrix() {
     // To not test with scale, use 1,1,1
     // Not sure if 0's or negative values are acceptable
     osg::Matrixd scalemat;
-    scalemat.makeScale(osg::Vec3d(0.9,0.5,0.1));
+    scalemat.makeScale(scale);
     
     // range of rotations
 #if 1
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ void testQuatRotate(const osg::Vec3d& from, const osg::Vec3d& to)
     std::cout<<"  from * M4x4(q_original) = "<<from * osg::Matrixd::rotate(q_original)<<std::endl;
 }
 
-void testQuat()
+void testQuat(const osg::Vec3d& quat_scale)
 {
     osg::Quat q1;
     q1.makeRotate(osg::DegreesToRadians(30.0),0.0f,0.0f,1.0f);
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ void testQuat()
     testQuatRotate(osg::Vec3d(0.0,0.0,-1.0),osg::Vec3d(0.0,0.0,1.0));
 
     // Test a range of rotations
-    testGetQuatFromMatrix();
+    testGetQuatFromMatrix(quat_scale);
 
     // This is a specific test case for a matrix containing scale and rotation
     osg::Matrix matrix(0.5, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
@@ -366,6 +367,8 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->setCommandLineUsage(arguments.getApplicationName()+" [options]");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("-h or --help","Display this information");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("qt","Display qualified tests.");
+    arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("quat","Display extended quaternion tests.");
+    arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("quat_scaled sx sy sz","Display extended quaternion tests of pre scaled matrix.");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("sizeof","Display sizeof tests.");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("matrix","Display qualified tests.");
     arguments.getApplicationUsage()->addCommandLineOption("performance","Display qualified tests.");
@@ -389,6 +392,9 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     bool printQuatTest = false; 
     while (arguments.read("quat")) printQuatTest = true; 
 
+    osg::Vec3d quat_scale(1.0,1.0,1.0); 
+    while (arguments.read("quat_scaled", quat_scale.x(), quat_scale.y(), quat_scale.z() )) printQuatTest = true; 
+
     bool performanceTest = false; 
     while (arguments.read("p") || arguments.read("performance")) performanceTest = true; 
 
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     
     if (printQuatTest)
     {
-        testQuat();
+        testQuat(quat_scale);
     }