diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ive/IveVersion.h b/src/osgPlugins/ive/IveVersion.h
index f33de6281..b4e5c0596 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ive/IveVersion.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ive/IveVersion.h
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
 #define VERSION_0004 4
 #define VERSION_0005 5
 #define VERSION_0006 6
-#define VERSION      VERSION_0006
+
+/* Version 7 adds read/write of the DatabasePath to the 
+   PagedLOD node (OSG 0.9.8) */
+#define VERSION_0007 7
+
+
+#define VERSION      VERSION_0007
 
 
 /* The BYTE_SEX tag is used to check the endian
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp
index 0264897b3..c685faec2 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/ive/PagedLOD.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ void PagedLOD::read(DataInputStream* in){
                     throw Exception("Group::read(): Could not cast this osg::Group to an osg::Node.");
 
 
-				setDatabasePath(in->readString());
+				if ( in->getVersion() > VERSION_0006 ) {
+               setDatabasePath(in->readString());
+            }
 
                 if (getDatabasePath().empty() && in->getOptions() && !in->getOptions()->getDatabasePathList().empty())
                 {