diff --git a/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier b/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier
index d090eb3d7..cc994f2f5 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier
+++ b/include/osgUtil/DrawElementTypeSimplifier
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT DrawElementTypeSimplifier
 class OSGUTIL_EXPORT DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
 {
     public:
-
+        DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor(): osg::NodeVisitor(osg::NodeVisitor::TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN ) {}
         META_NodeVisitor(osgUtil, DrawElementTypeSimplifierVisitor);
 
         void apply(osg::Geometry& geom);