diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp
index 499f4c9ab..7be915d2f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ void PagedLOD::write(DataOutputStream* out){
         else
 		throw Exception("PagedLOD::write(): Could not cast this osg::PagedLOD to an osg::LOD.");
 
+
+        out->writeFloat(getRadius());
+        out->writeUInt(getNumChildrenThatCannotBeExpired());
+
+
         unsigned int numChildrenToWriteOut = 0;
 
         int i;
@@ -88,6 +93,9 @@ void PagedLOD::read(DataInputStream* in){
                 else
                     throw Exception("Group::read(): Could not cast this osg::Group to an osg::Node.");
 
+                setRadius(in->readFloat());
+                setNumChildrenThatCannotBeExpired(in->readUInt());
+
 
                 // Read groups properties.
                 // Read number of children.
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osg/PagedLOD.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osg/PagedLOD.cpp
index 8b7c489c1..126383860 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osg/PagedLOD.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osg/PagedLOD.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@ bool PagedLOD_readLocalData(Object& obj, Input& fr)
 
     PagedLOD& lod = static_cast<PagedLOD&>(obj);
 
+    float radius;
+    if (fr[0].matchWord("Radius") && fr[1].getFloat(radius))
+    {
+        lod.setRadius(radius);
+        fr+=2;
+        iteratorAdvanced = true;
+    }
+
+    unsigned int num;
+    if (fr[0].matchWord("NumChildrenThatCannotBeExpired") && fr[1].getUInt(num))
+    {
+        lod.setNumChildrenThatCannotBeExpired(num);
+        fr+=2;
+        iteratorAdvanced = true;
+    }
+    
     bool matchFirst;
     if ((matchFirst=fr.matchSequence("FileNameList {")) || fr.matchSequence("FileNameList %i {"))
     {
@@ -91,6 +107,10 @@ bool PagedLOD_writeLocalData(const Object& obj, Output& fw)
 {
     const PagedLOD& lod = static_cast<const PagedLOD&>(obj);
 
+    fw.indent() << "Radius "<<lod.getRadius()<<std::endl;
+    
+    fw.indent() << "NumChildrenThatCannotBeExpired "<<lod.getNumChildrenThatCannotBeExpired()<<std::endl;
+
     fw.indent() << "FileNameList "<<lod.getNumFileNames()<<" {"<< std::endl;
     fw.moveIn();