diff --git a/include/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor b/include/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor
index 4b0eaf0ed..f5de798e6 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor
+++ b/include/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT GLObjectsVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
         /** Operation modes of the.*/
         enum ModeValues
         {
-            SWITCH_ON_DISPLAY_LISTS = 0x1,
-            SWITCH_OFF_DISPLAY_LISTS = 0x2,
-            COMPILE_DISPLAY_LISTS = 0x4,
-            COMPILE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES = 0x8,
-            RELEASE_DISPLAY_LISTS = 0x10,
-            RELEASE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES = 0x20
+            SWITCH_ON_DISPLAY_LISTS             = 0x1,
+            SWITCH_OFF_DISPLAY_LISTS            = 0x2,
+            COMPILE_DISPLAY_LISTS               = 0x4,
+            COMPILE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES            = 0x8,
+            RELEASE_DISPLAY_LISTS               = 0x10,
+            RELEASE_STATE_ATTRIBUTES            = 0x20,
+            SWITCH_ON_VERTEX_BUFFER_OBJECTS     = 0x40,
+            SWITCH_OFF_VERTEX_BUFFER_OBJECTS    = 0x80
         };
         
         typedef unsigned int Mode;
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT GLObjectsVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
     protected:
 
         Mode _mode;
-        
+
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::State> _state;
 
 };
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor.cpp b/src/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor.cpp
index 66c476d8c..fd380b5fb 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/GLObjectsVisitor.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ using namespace osgUtil;
 GLObjectsVisitor::GLObjectsVisitor(Mode mode)
 {
     setTraversalMode(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN);
-    
+
     _mode = mode;
-    
+
     _state = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ void GLObjectsVisitor::apply(osg::Drawable& drawable)
     {
         drawable.releaseGLObjects(_state.get());
     }
+
+    if (_mode&SWITCH_ON_VERTEX_BUFFER_OBJECTS)
+    {
+        drawable.setUseVertexBufferObjects(true);
+    }
+
+    if (_mode&SWITCH_OFF_VERTEX_BUFFER_OBJECTS)
+    {
+        drawable.setUseVertexBufferObjects(false);
+    }
 }
 
 void GLObjectsVisitor::apply(osg::StateSet& stateset)