diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.cpp
index 4d736d4de..a22bb85f5 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,71 @@
 
 #define SERIALIZER() OpenThreads::ScopedLock<OpenThreads::ReentrantMutex> lock(_serializerMutex)
 
+osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult
+ReaderWriterDAE::readNode(std::istream& fin,
+        const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options) const
+{
+    SERIALIZER();
+
+    bool bOwnDAE = false;
+    DAE* pDAE = NULL;
+
+    // Process options
+    osgDAE::daeReader::Options pluginOptions;
+    if( options )
+    {
+        pDAE = (DAE*)options->getPluginData("DAE");
+
+        pluginOptions.precisionHint = options->getPrecisionHint();
+
+        std::istringstream iss( options->getOptionString() );
+        std::string opt;
+        while (iss >> opt)
+        {
+            if( opt == "StrictTransparency") pluginOptions.strictTransparency = true;
+            else if (opt == "daeTessellateNone") pluginOptions.tessellateMode = osgDAE::daeReader::TESSELLATE_NONE;
+            else if (opt == "daeTessellatePolygonsAsTriFans") pluginOptions.tessellateMode = osgDAE::daeReader::TESSELLATE_POLYGONS_AS_TRIFAN;
+            else if (opt == "daeTessellatePolygons") pluginOptions.tessellateMode = osgDAE::daeReader::TESSELLATE_POLYGONS;
+            else if (opt == "daeUsePredefinedTextureUnits") pluginOptions.usePredefinedTextureUnits = true;
+            else if (opt == "daeUseSequencedTextureUnits") pluginOptions.usePredefinedTextureUnits = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (NULL == pDAE)
+    {
+        bOwnDAE = true;
+        pDAE = new DAE;
+    }
+
+    std::auto_ptr<DAE> scopedDae(bOwnDAE ? pDAE : NULL);        // Deallocates locally created structure at scope exit
+
+    osgDAE::daeReader daeReader(pDAE, &pluginOptions);
+
+    if ( ! daeReader.convert( fin ) )
+    {
+        OSG_WARN << "Load failed in COLLADA DOM conversion" << std::endl;
+        return ReadResult::ERROR_IN_READING_FILE;
+    }
+
+    if ( options )
+    {
+        // Return the document URI
+        if (options->getPluginData("DAE-DocumentURI"))
+            *(std::string*)options->getPluginData("DAE-DocumentURI") = std::string("/dev/null");
+        // Return some additional information about the document
+        if (options->getPluginData("DAE-AssetUnitName"))
+             *(std::string*)options->getPluginData("DAE-AssetUnitName") = daeReader.getAssetUnitName();
+        if (options->getPluginData("DAE-AssetUnitMeter"))
+            *(float*)options->getPluginData("DAE-AssetUnitMeter") = daeReader.getAssetUnitMeter();
+        if (options->getPluginData("DAE-AssetUp_axis"))
+            *(domUpAxisType*)options->getPluginData("DAE-AssetUp_axis") = daeReader.getAssetUpAxis();
+    }
+
+    osg::Node* rootNode( daeReader.getRootNode() );
+    return rootNode;
+}
+
+
 osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult
 ReaderWriterDAE::readNode(const std::string& fname,
         const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options) const
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.h b/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.h
index 523c9a1b9..63ee6bd00 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dae/ReaderWriterDAE.h
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ public:
 
     const char* className() const { return "COLLADA 1.4.x DAE reader/writer"; }
 
-    ReadResult readNode(const std::string&, const Options*) const;
+    ReadResult readNode(std::istream&, const Options* = NULL) const;
+    ReadResult readNode(const std::string&, const Options* = NULL) const;
 
-    WriteResult writeNode(const osg::Node&, const std::string&, const Options*) const;
+    WriteResult writeNode(const osg::Node&, const std::string&, const Options* = NULL) const;
 
     static std::string ConvertFilePathToColladaCompatibleURI(const std::string& FilePath);
     static std::string ConvertColladaCompatibleURIToFilePath(const std::string& uri);
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.cpp
index 347e025da..e4892b65a 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.cpp
@@ -51,20 +51,14 @@ daeReader::~daeReader()
 {
 }
 
-bool daeReader::convert( const std::string &fileURI )
+bool daeReader::processDocument( const std::string& fileURI)
 {
-    // Clear caches
-    _geometryMap.clear();
-    _materialMap.clear();
-    _materialMap2.clear();
 
     daeElement *colladaElement;
 
 
     daeInt count, result;
 
-    _document = _dae->open(fileURI);
-
     if (!_document)
     {
         OSG_WARN << "Load failed in COLLADA DOM" << std::endl;
@@ -278,6 +272,43 @@ bool daeReader::convert( const std::string &fileURI )
     return true;
 }
 
+void daeReader::clearCaches ()
+{
+    _geometryMap.clear();
+    _materialMap.clear();
+    _materialMap2.clear();
+}
+
+bool daeReader::convert( std::istream& fin )
+{
+    clearCaches();
+
+    // set fileURI to null device
+    const std::string fileURI("from std::istream");
+
+    // get the size of the file and rewind
+    fin.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+    std::streampos length = fin.tellg();
+    fin.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+
+    // use a vector as buffer and read from stream
+    std::vector<char> buffer(length);
+    fin.read(&buffer[0], length);
+
+    _document = _dae->openFromMemory(fileURI, buffer.data());
+
+    return processDocument (fileURI);
+}
+
+bool daeReader::convert( const std::string &fileURI )
+{
+    clearCaches();
+
+    _document = _dae->open(fileURI);
+
+    return processDocument (fileURI);
+}
+
 void daeReader::addChild(osg::Group* group, osg::Node* node)
 {
     if (dynamic_cast<osgAnimation::Bone*>(node))
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.h b/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.h
index 7acd498ae..7b28d14d7 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dae/daeReader.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ public:
     daeReader(DAE *dae_, const Options * pluginOptions);
     virtual ~daeReader();
 
+    bool convert( std::istream &fin );
     bool convert( const std::string &fileURI );
 
     osg::Node* getRootNode()    { return _rootNode; }
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@ public:
     typedef std::multimap<std::pair<const domMesh*, unsigned>, std::pair<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry>, GLuint> > OldToNewIndexMap;
 
 private:
+    bool processDocument( const std::string& );
+    void clearCaches();
+
     // If the node is a bone then it should be added before any other types of
     // node, this function makes that happen.
     static void addChild(osg::Group*, osg::Node*);