diff --git a/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.cpp b/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.cpp
index 9bdc5d160..d52c410ab 100644
--- a/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.cpp
+++ b/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ OrientationConverter::OrientationConverter( void )
    R.makeIdentity();
    T.makeIdentity();
    _trans_set = false;
+   _use_world_frame = false;
    S.makeIdentity();
 }
 
@@ -36,21 +37,35 @@ void OrientationConverter::setScale( const Vec3 &scale )
     S = Matrix::scale(scale);
 }
 
+void OrientationConverter::useWorldFrame( bool worldFrame )
+{
+   _use_world_frame = worldFrame;
+}
 
 Node* OrientationConverter::convert( Node *node )
 {
     // Order of operations here is :
-    // 1. Translate to world origin (0,0,0)
+    // 1. If world frame option not set, translate to world origin (0,0,0)
     // 2. Rotate to new orientation
     // 3. Scale in new orientation coordinates
     // 4. If an absolute translation was specified then
     //        - translate to absolute translation in world coordinates
-    //    else
-    //        - translate back to model's original origin. 
+    //    else if world frame option not set,
+    //        - translate back to model's original origin.
     BoundingSphere bs = node->getBound();
-    Matrix C = Matrix::translate( -bs.center() );
-    if( _trans_set == false )
-        T = Matrix::translate( bs.center() );
+    Matrix C;
+
+    if (_use_world_frame)
+    {
+        C.makeIdentity();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        C = Matrix::translate( -bs.center() );
+
+        if( !_trans_set )
+            T = Matrix::translate( bs.center() );
+    }
 
     osg::Group* root = new osg::Group;
     osg::MatrixTransform* transform = new osg::MatrixTransform;
diff --git a/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.h b/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.h
index 1f9923541..ffa9d3763 100644
--- a/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.h
+++ b/applications/osgconv/OrientationConverter.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class OrientationConverter {
 	void setRotation( float degrees, const osg::Vec3 &axis  );
 	void setTranslation( const osg::Vec3 &trans);
 	void setScale( const osg::Vec3 &trans);
+	void useWorldFrame( bool worldFrame );
         
         /** return the root of the updated subgraph as the subgraph
           * the node passed in my flatten during optimization.*/
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class OrientationConverter {
 
 	osg::Matrix R, T, S;
 	bool _trans_set;
+	bool _use_world_frame;
 
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/applications/osgconv/osgconv.cpp b/applications/osgconv/osgconv.cpp
index df46fd552..c9ec286c2 100644
--- a/applications/osgconv/osgconv.cpp
+++ b/applications/osgconv/osgconv.cpp
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ static void usage( const char *prog, const char *msg )
                               "                         where X, Y, and Z represent the coordinates of the\n"
                               "                         absolute position in world space\n"
                               << std::endl;
+    osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"    --use-world-frame  - Perform transformations in the world frame, rather\n"
+                              "                         than relative to the center of the bounding sphere.\n"
+                              << std::endl;
     osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"    --simplify n       - Run simplifier prior to output. Argument must be a" << std::endl
                             <<"                         normalized value for the resultant percentage" << std::endl
                             <<"                         reduction." << std::endl
@@ -591,6 +594,11 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
     OrientationConverter oc;
     bool do_convert = false;
 
+    if (arguments.read("--use-world-frame"))
+    {
+        oc.useWorldFrame(true);
+    }
+
     std::string str;
     while (arguments.read("-O",str))
     {