diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/lib3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/lib3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
index b0a7ad4e6..bdbb9cd18 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/lib3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/lib3ds/ReaderWriter3DS.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
 #include <osgDB/ReadFile>
 
+#include <osgUtil/TriStripVisitor>
+
 //MIKEC debug only for PrintVisitor
 #include <osg/NodeVisitor>
 
@@ -617,6 +619,9 @@ osg::Drawable*   ReaderWriter3DS::createDrawable(Lib3dsMesh *m,FaceList& faceLis
    
     geom->addPrimitiveSet(elements);
 
+    osgUtil::TriStripVisitor tsv;
+    tsv.stripify(*geom);
+
     return geom;
 }