diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index cc940046e..53b2f6269 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ IF(DYNAMIC_OPENSCENEGRAPH)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgwidgetstyled)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgwidgettable)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgwidgetwindow)
+    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osguserdata)
 
     IF(OSG_CPP_EXCEPTIONS_AVAILABLE)
         ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgunittests)
diff --git a/examples/osguserdata/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/osguserdata/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cf0f1203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/osguserdata/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SET(TARGET_SRC osguserdata.cpp)
+
+#### end var setup  ###
+SETUP_EXAMPLE(osguserdata)
diff --git a/examples/osguserdata/osguserdata.cpp b/examples/osguserdata/osguserdata.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0712b9cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/osguserdata/osguserdata.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/* OpenSceneGraph example, osguserdata.
+*
+*  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+*  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+*  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+*  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+*  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+*  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+*  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+*  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+*  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+*  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+*  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+*  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+*  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+
+#include <osgViewer/Viewer>
+
+#include <osgDB/ReadFile>
+#include <osgDB/WriteFile>
+#include <osg/io_utils>
+
+#include <osg/ValueObject>
+
+class MyGetValueVisitor : public osg::ValueObject::GetValueVisitor
+{
+    public:
+        virtual void apply(bool value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" bool "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(char value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" char "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(unsigned char value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" uchar "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(short value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" short "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(unsigned short value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" ushort "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(int value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" int "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(unsigned int value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" uint "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(float value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" float "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(double value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" double "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const std::string& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" string "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Vec2f& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Vec2f "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Vec3f& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Vec3f "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Vec4f& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Vec4f "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Vec2d& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Vec2d "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Vec3d& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Vec3d "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Vec4d& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Vec4d "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Quat& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Quat "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Plane& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Plane "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Matrixf& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Matrixf "<<value; }
+        virtual void apply(const osg::Matrixd& value) { OSG_NOTICE<<" Matrixd "<<value; }
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+class GetNumeric : public osg::ValueObject::GetValueVisitor
+{
+    public:
+
+        GetNumeric():
+            _set(false),
+            _value(0) {}
+        
+        virtual void apply(bool value) { _value = value; _set = true; }
+        virtual void apply(char value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(unsigned char value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(short value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(unsigned short value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(int value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(unsigned int value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(float value) { _value = value; _set = true;  }
+        virtual void apply(double value) { _value = value; _set = true; }
+
+        bool    _set;
+        T       _value;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+T getNumeric(osg::Object* object)
+{
+    osg::ValueObject* bvo = dynamic_cast<osg::ValueObject*>(object);
+    if (bvo)
+    {
+        GetNumeric<T> gn;
+        if (bvo->get(gn) && gn._set) return gn._value;
+    }
+    return T(0);
+}
+
+void testResults(osg::Node* node)
+{
+    int j = 0;
+    if (node->getUserValue("Int value",j))
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"Int value="<<j<<std::endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"Int value not found"<<std::endl;
+    }
+
+    std::string readString;
+    if (node->getUserValue("Status",readString))
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"Status="<<readString<<std::endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"Status not found"<<std::endl;
+    }
+
+    float height=0.0f;
+    if (node->getUserValue("Height",height))
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"Height="<<height<<std::endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"Height not found"<<std::endl;
+    }
+
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"node->getNumUserObjects()="<<node->getNumUserObjects()<<std::endl;
+    for(unsigned int i=0; i<node->getNumUserObjects(); ++i)
+    {
+        MyGetValueVisitor mgvv;
+        osg::Object* userObject = node->getUserObject(i);
+        osg::ValueObject* valueObject = dynamic_cast<osg::ValueObject*>(userObject);
+        OSG_NOTICE<<"userObject="<<userObject<<", className="<<userObject->className()<<", getName()="<<userObject->getName()<<" valueObject="<<valueObject<<" getNumeric "<<getNumeric<float>(userObject)<<" ";
+        if (valueObject) valueObject->get(mgvv);
+        OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl;
+    }
+
+    OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<std::endl;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> node = new osg::Group;
+
+    int i = 10;
+    node->setUserValue("Int value",i);
+
+    std::string testString("All seems fine");
+    node->setUserValue("Status",testString);
+
+    node->setUserValue<float>("Height",1.4);
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Drawable> drawable = new osg::Geometry;
+    drawable->setName("myDrawable");
+    node->addUserObject(drawable.get());
+
+    node->setUserValue("fred",12);
+    node->setUserValue("john",1.1);
+    node->setUserValue("david",1.9f);
+    node->setUserValue<char>("char",65);
+    node->setUserValue("matrixd",osg::Matrixd::translate(1.0,2.0,3.0));
+    node->setUserValue("flag-on",true);
+    node->setUserValue("flag-off",false);
+
+    OSG_NOTICE<<"Testing results for values set directly on scene graph"<<std::endl;
+    testResults(node.get());
+
+    {
+        osgDB::writeNodeFile(*node, "results.osgt");
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> from_osgt = osgDB::readNodeFile("results.osgt");
+        if (from_osgt.valid())
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<"Testing results for values from scene graph read from .osgt file"<<std::endl;
+            testResults(from_osgt.get());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    {
+        osgDB::writeNodeFile(*node, "results.osgb");
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> from_osgb = osgDB::readNodeFile("results.osgb");
+        if (from_osgb.valid())
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<"Testing results for values from scene graph read from .osgb file"<<std::endl;
+            testResults(from_osgb.get());
+        }
+    }
+
+    {
+        osgDB::writeNodeFile(*node, "results.osgx");
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> from_osgx = osgDB::readNodeFile("results.osgx");
+        if (from_osgx.valid())
+        {
+            OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<"Testing results for values from scene graph read from .osgx file"<<std::endl;
+            testResults(from_osgx.get());
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}