diff --git a/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp b/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
index 7a2029d92..425ee82dd 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <osg/TexMat>
 #include <osg/DeleteHandler>
 
+#include <osgDB/Registry>
+
 #include <osgUtil/Optimizer>
 #include <osgUtil/IntersectionVisitor>
 #include <osgUtil/Statistics>
@@ -38,6 +40,23 @@ static osg::ApplicationUsageProxy ViewerBase_e5(osg::ApplicationUsage::ENVIRONME
 
 using namespace osgViewer;
 
+
+struct InitRegistry
+{
+    InitRegistry()
+    {
+        osgDB::Registry::instance();
+    }
+
+    ~InitRegistry()
+    {
+        osgDB::DatabasePager::prototype() = 0;
+        osgDB::Registry::instance(true);
+    }
+};
+
+static InitRegistry s_InitRegistry;
+
 ViewerBase::ViewerBase():
     osg::Object(true)
 {