diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/shp/ESRIShapeReaderWriter.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/shp/ESRIShapeReaderWriter.cpp
index a292e5bb0..6dc4a38bd 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/shp/ESRIShapeReaderWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/shp/ESRIShapeReaderWriter.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 #include <osgDB/FileUtils>
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 
+#include "ESRIType.h"
+
 #include "ESRIShape.h"
 #include "ESRIShapeParser.h"
 
+#include "XBaseParser.h"
+
+
 class ESRIShapeReaderWriter : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
 {
     public:
@@ -34,12 +39,38 @@ class ESRIShapeReaderWriter : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
             {
                 useDouble = true;
             }
-
+            
+            
             ESRIShape::ESRIShapeParser sp(fileName, useDouble);
+
+            
+            std::string xbaseFileName(osgDB::getNameLessExtension(fileName) + ".dbf");
+            ESRIShape::XBaseParser xbp(xbaseFileName);
+            
+            
+            if (sp.getGeode() && (xbp.getAttributeList().empty() == false))
+            {
+                if (sp.getGeode()->getNumDrawables() != xbp.getAttributeList().size())
+                {
+                    osg::notify(osg::WARN) << "ESRIShape loader : .dbf file containe different record number that .shp file." << std::endl
+                                           << "                   .dbf record skipped." << std::endl;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    osg::Geode * geode = sp.getGeode();
+                    unsigned int i = 0;
+                    
+                    ESRIShape::XBaseParser::ShapeAttributeListList::iterator it, end = xbp.getAttributeList().end();
+                    for (it = xbp.getAttributeList().begin(); it != end; ++it, ++i)
+                    {
+                        geode->getDrawable(i)->setUserData(it->get());
+                    }
+                }
+            }    
+
+            
             return sp.getGeode();
         }
-
-    private:
 };
 
 REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(shp, ESRIShapeReaderWriter)