diff --git a/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.cxx b/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.cxx
index c4bdc88f..9418fce7 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.cxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.cxx
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public:
 namespace simgear {
 namespace compositor {
 
+int Compositor::_order_offset = 0;
+
 Compositor *
 Compositor::create(osg::View *view,
                    osg::GraphicsContext *gc,
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ Compositor::create(osg::View *view,
             compositor->addPass(pass);
     }
 
+    ++_order_offset;
+
     return compositor.release();
 }
 
diff --git a/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.hxx b/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.hxx
index f7e538c9..2bf671d2 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.hxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/viewer/Compositor.hxx
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public:
     Pass *             getPass(size_t index) const { return _passes[index]; }
     Pass *             getPass(const std::string &name) const;
 
+    int                getOrderOffset() const { return _order_offset; }
 protected:
     osg::View                   *_view;
     osg::GraphicsContext        *_gc;
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ protected:
     BufferMap                    _buffers;
     PassList                     _passes;
     BuiltinUniforms              _uniforms;
+    static int                   _order_offset;
 };
 
 } // namespace compositor
diff --git a/simgear/scene/viewer/CompositorPass.cxx b/simgear/scene/viewer/CompositorPass.cxx
index 9cdb2c35..80be061a 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/viewer/CompositorPass.cxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/viewer/CompositorPass.cxx
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ PassBuilder::build(Compositor *compositor, const SGPropertyNode *root,
     // that doesn't involve the rendering pipeline itself. NESTED_RENDER is also
     // not a possibility since we don't want to share RenderStage with the View
     // master camera.
-    camera->setRenderOrder(osg::Camera::POST_RENDER, pass->render_order * 10);
+    camera->setRenderOrder(osg::Camera::POST_RENDER,
+                           pass->render_order + compositor->getOrderOffset() * 100);
     camera->setComputeNearFarMode(osg::CullSettings::DO_NOT_COMPUTE_NEAR_FAR);
 
     // XXX: Should we make this configurable?