diff --git a/include/osg/Camera b/include/osg/Camera
index ca60948ea..38a2747db 100644
--- a/include/osg/Camera
+++ b/include/osg/Camera
@@ -508,6 +508,9 @@ class OSG_EXPORT Camera : public Transform, public CullSettings
         /** Transform method that must be defined to provide generic interface for scene graph traversals.*/
         virtual bool computeWorldToLocalMatrix(Matrix& matrix,NodeVisitor*) const;
 
+        /** Inherit the local cull settings variable from specified CullSettings object, according to the inheritance mask.*/
+        virtual void inheritCullSettings(const CullSettings& settings, unsigned int inheritanceMask);
+
     protected :
     
         virtual ~Camera();
diff --git a/src/osg/Camera.cpp b/src/osg/Camera.cpp
index 41834b5c1..fc831445e 100644
--- a/src/osg/Camera.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Camera.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,18 @@ bool Camera::computeWorldToLocalMatrix(Matrix& matrix,NodeVisitor*) const
     return true;
 }
 
+void Camera::inheritCullSettings(const CullSettings& settings, unsigned int inheritanceMask)
+{
+    CullSettings::inheritCullSettings(settings, inheritanceMask);
+    
+    if (inheritanceMask & CLEAR_COLOR) 
+    {
+        //osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Inheriting slave Camera"<<std::endl;
+        const Camera* camera = dynamic_cast<const Camera*>(&settings);
+        _clearColor = camera->_clearColor;
+    }
+}
+
 void Camera::createCameraThread()
 {
     if (!_cameraThread)
diff --git a/src/osg/View.cpp b/src/osg/View.cpp
index 5a4e9cb95..fc2e4b8ce 100644
--- a/src/osg/View.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/View.cpp
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ void View::updateSlave(unsigned int i)
         slave._camera->setViewMatrix(_camera->getViewMatrix() * slave._viewOffset);
     }
     
-    slave._camera->inheritCullSettings(*_camera);
-    if (slave._camera->getInheritanceMask() & osg::CullSettings::CLEAR_COLOR) slave._camera->setClearColor(_camera->getClearColor());
+    slave._camera->inheritCullSettings(*_camera, slave._camera->getInheritanceMask());
 }
 
 bool View::addSlave(osg::Camera* camera, const osg::Matrix& projectionOffset, const osg::Matrix& viewOffset, bool useMastersSceneData)
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/osg/Camera.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/osg/Camera.cpp
index 73c1ef537..346fafff8 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/osg/Camera.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/osg/Camera.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <osg/Camera>
 #include <osg/ColorMask>
 #include <osg/CopyOp>
+#include <osg/CullSettings>
 #include <osg/DisplaySettings>
 #include <osg/GraphicsContext>
 #include <osg/GraphicsThread>
@@ -637,6 +638,11 @@ BEGIN_OBJECT_REFLECTOR(osg::Camera)
 	          __bool__computeWorldToLocalMatrix__Matrix_R1__NodeVisitor_P1,
 	          "Transform method that must be defined to provide generic interface for scene graph traversals. ",
 	          "");
+	I_Method2(void, inheritCullSettings, IN, const osg::CullSettings &, settings, IN, unsigned int, inheritanceMask,
+	          Properties::VIRTUAL,
+	          __void__inheritCullSettings__C5_CullSettings_R1__unsigned_int,
+	          "Inherit the local cull settings variable from specified CullSettings object, according to the inheritance mask. ",
+	          "");
 	I_SimpleProperty(bool, AllowEventFocus, 
 	                 __bool__getAllowEventFocus, 
 	                 __void__setAllowEventFocus__bool);