diff --git a/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers b/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
index 67ff59262..1d98359cf 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
+++ b/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ public:
         void setKeyEventTogglePlayback(int key) { _keyEventTogglePlayback = key; }
         int getKeyEventTogglePlayback() const { return _keyEventTogglePlayback; }
 
+        void setAutoIncrementFilename( bool autoinc = true ) { _autoinc = autoinc?0:-1; }
+
         virtual void getUsage(osg::ApplicationUsage &usage) const;
 
         bool handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter &ea, osgGA::GUIActionAdapter &aa);
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ public:
 protected:
 
         std::string                                     _filename;
+        int                                             _autoinc;
         std::ofstream                                   _fout;
 
         int                                             _keyEventToggleRecord;
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers.cpp b/src/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers.cpp
index 7d02f5af1..08e3e06d2 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers.cpp
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
 #include <float.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 
+#include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
+
 #include <osgViewer/Viewer>
 #include <osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers>
 
@@ -368,6 +371,7 @@ bool ThreadingHandler::handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter &ea, osgGA::GUIAction
 
 RecordCameraPathHandler::RecordCameraPathHandler(const std::string& filename):
     _filename(filename),
+    _autoinc( -1 ),
     _keyEventToggleRecord('z'),
     _keyEventTogglePlayback('Z'),
     _currentlyRecording(false),
@@ -448,8 +452,17 @@ bool RecordCameraPathHandler::handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter &ea, osgGA::GU
                     
                     if (!_filename.empty())
                     {
-                        osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"Recording camera path to file "<<_filename<<std::endl;
-                        _fout.open(_filename.c_str());
+                        std::stringstream ss;
+                        ss << osgDB::getNameLessExtension(_filename);
+                        if ( _autoinc != -1 )
+                        {
+                            ss << "_"<<std::setfill( '0' ) << std::setw( 2 ) << _autoinc;
+                            _autoinc++;
+                        }
+                        ss << "."<<osgDB::getFileExtension(_filename);
+                        
+                        osg::notify(osg::NOTICE) << "Recording camera path to file " << ss.str() << std::endl;
+                        _fout.open( ss.str().c_str() );
                     }
                     else
                     {