diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp
index 9ba5eeb01..5474d300b 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ CSVRender::Cell::Cell (CSMWorld::Data& data, osg::Group* rootNode, const std::st
 
             if (esmLand.getLandData (ESM::Land::DATA_VHGT))
             {
-                mTerrain.reset(new Terrain::TerrainGrid(mCellNode, data.getResourceSystem().get(), NULL, new TerrainStorage(mData), Mask_Terrain));
+                mTerrain.reset(new Terrain::TerrainGrid(mCellNode, mCellNode, data.getResourceSystem().get(), NULL, new TerrainStorage(mData), Mask_Terrain));
                 mTerrain->loadCell(esmLand.mX,
                                    esmLand.mY);
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
index 35a825bcd..ca6a0b0a4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         // Turn off rendering except the GUI
         int oldUpdateMask = mViewer->getUpdateVisitor()->getTraversalMask();
         int oldCullMask = mViewer->getCamera()->getCullMask();
-        mViewer->getUpdateVisitor()->setTraversalMask(MWRender::Mask_GUI);
-        mViewer->getCamera()->setCullMask(MWRender::Mask_GUI);
+        mViewer->getUpdateVisitor()->setTraversalMask(MWRender::Mask_GUI|MWRender::Mask_PreCompile);
+        mViewer->getCamera()->setCullMask(MWRender::Mask_GUI|MWRender::Mask_PreCompile);
 
         MWBase::Environment::get().getInputManager()->update(0, true, true);
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 469f5d63d..db5b77266 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ namespace MWRender
         mTerrainStorage = new TerrainStorage(mResourceSystem, Settings::Manager::getString("normal map pattern", "Shaders"), Settings::Manager::getString("normal height map pattern", "Shaders"),
                                             Settings::Manager::getBool("auto use terrain normal maps", "Shaders"),
                                             Settings::Manager::getString("terrain specular map pattern", "Shaders"), Settings::Manager::getBool("auto use terrain specular maps", "Shaders"));
-        mTerrain.reset(new Terrain::TerrainGrid(sceneRoot, mResourceSystem, mViewer->getIncrementalCompileOperation(),
-                                                mTerrainStorage, Mask_Terrain));
+        mTerrain.reset(new Terrain::TerrainGrid(sceneRoot, mRootNode, mResourceSystem, mViewer->getIncrementalCompileOperation(),
+                                                mTerrainStorage, Mask_Terrain, Mask_PreCompile));
 
         mCamera.reset(new Camera(mViewer->getCamera()));
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp
index c70bcc71b..d52c7c232 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ namespace MWRender
         // Set on cameras within the main scene graph
         Mask_RenderToTexture = (1<<15),
 
+        Mask_PreCompile = (1<<16),
+
         // Set on a camera's cull mask to enable the LightManager
-        Mask_Lighting = (1<<16)
+        Mask_Lighting = (1<<17)
     };
 
 }
diff --git a/components/terrain/terraingrid.cpp b/components/terrain/terraingrid.cpp
index c4e491d7a..ed18af74b 100644
--- a/components/terrain/terraingrid.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/terraingrid.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 namespace Terrain
 {
 
-TerrainGrid::TerrainGrid(osg::Group* parent, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico, Storage* storage, int nodeMask)
-    : Terrain::World(parent, resourceSystem, ico, storage, nodeMask)
+TerrainGrid::TerrainGrid(osg::Group* parent, osg::Group* compileRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico, Storage* storage, int nodeMask, int preCompileMask)
+    : Terrain::World(parent, compileRoot, resourceSystem, ico, storage, nodeMask, preCompileMask)
     , mNumSplits(4)
 {
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Material> material (new osg::Material);
diff --git a/components/terrain/terraingrid.hpp b/components/terrain/terraingrid.hpp
index 1b4d2de57..0bfc43075 100644
--- a/components/terrain/terraingrid.hpp
+++ b/components/terrain/terraingrid.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Terrain
     class TerrainGrid : public Terrain::World
     {
     public:
-        TerrainGrid(osg::Group* parent, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico, Storage* storage, int nodeMask);
+        TerrainGrid(osg::Group* parent, osg::Group* compileRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico, Storage* storage, int nodeMask, int preCompileMask=~0);
         ~TerrainGrid();
 
         /// Load a terrain cell and store it in cache for later use.
diff --git a/components/terrain/world.cpp b/components/terrain/world.cpp
index 29d3281e5..015270a43 100644
--- a/components/terrain/world.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/world.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 namespace Terrain
 {
 
-World::World(osg::Group* parent, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico,
-             Storage* storage, int nodeMask)
+World::World(osg::Group* parent, osg::Group* compileRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico,
+             Storage* storage, int nodeMask, int preCompileMask)
     : mStorage(storage)
     , mParent(parent)
     , mResourceSystem(resourceSystem)
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ World::World(osg::Group* parent, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUt
     mTerrainRoot->setName("Terrain Root");
 
     osg::ref_ptr<CompositeMapRenderer> renderer (new CompositeMapRenderer);
-    mTerrainRoot->addChild(renderer);
+    renderer->setNodeMask(preCompileMask);
+    compileRoot->addChild(renderer);
+    mCompositeMapRenderer = renderer;
 
     mParent->addChild(mTerrainRoot);
 
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ World::~World()
     mResourceSystem->removeResourceManager(mTextureManager.get());
 
     mParent->removeChild(mTerrainRoot);
+    mCompositeMapRenderer->getParent(0)->removeChild(mCompositeMapRenderer);
 
     delete mStorage;
 }
diff --git a/components/terrain/world.hpp b/components/terrain/world.hpp
index a8cc0f0db..f5cb10c37 100644
--- a/components/terrain/world.hpp
+++ b/components/terrain/world.hpp
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ namespace Terrain
         /// @note takes ownership of \a storage
         /// @param storage Storage instance to get terrain data from (heights, normals, colors, textures..)
         /// @param nodeMask mask for the terrain root
-        World(osg::Group* parent, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico,
-              Storage* storage, int nodeMask);
+        World(osg::Group* parent, osg::Group* compileRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem* resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico,
+              Storage* storage, int nodeMask, int preCompileMask);
         virtual ~World();
 
         virtual void updateTextureFiltering() {}
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace Terrain
 
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> mParent;
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> mTerrainRoot;
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> mCompositeMapRenderer;
 
         Resource::ResourceSystem* mResourceSystem;