diff --git a/include/osgDB/DatabasePager b/include/osgDB/DatabasePager
index d5f659da5..d6eb751ad 100644
--- a/include/osgDB/DatabasePager
+++ b/include/osgDB/DatabasePager
@@ -495,16 +495,26 @@ class OSGDB_EXPORT DatabasePager : public osg::NodeVisitor::DatabaseRequestHandl
         inline static bool isCompiled(const osg::Drawable* drawable,
                                       unsigned int contextID)
         {
-            // Worry about vbos later
-            if (drawable->getUseDisplayList())
+            if (drawable->getUseVertexBufferObjects())
+            {
+                // say it's not compiled leaving it up to the compileGLObjects() to handle.
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (drawable->getUseDisplayList())
             {
                 return drawable->getDisplayList(contextID) != 0;
             }
+
             return true;
         }
 
         inline bool isCompiled(const osg::Drawable* drawable) const
         {
+            if (drawable->getUseVertexBufferObjects())
+            {
+                // say it's not compiled leaving it up to the compileGLObjects() to handle.
+                return false;
+            }
             if (drawable->getUseDisplayList())
             {
                 for (ActiveGraphicsContexts::const_iterator iter=_activeGraphicsContexts.begin();
diff --git a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
index 2df676647..28da47b74 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/DatabasePager.cpp
@@ -239,9 +239,8 @@ public:
         //
         // XXX This "compiles" VBOs too, but compilation doesn't do
         // anything for VBOs, does it?
-        if (_dataToCompile && drawable->getUseDisplayList() && !_pager->isCompiled(drawable))
+        if (_dataToCompile && (drawable->getUseVertexBufferObjects() || drawable->getUseDisplayList()) && !_pager->isCompiled(drawable))
         {
-            // osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"  Found compilable drawable"<<std::endl;
             _dataToCompile->second.push_back(drawable);
         }
     }