diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/localmap.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/localmap.cpp
index fe685f97c..e479119ee 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/localmap.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/localmap.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ osg::ref_ptr<osg::Camera> LocalMap::createOrthographicCamera(float x, float y, f
     camera->setClearMask(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
     camera->setRenderOrder(osg::Camera::PRE_RENDER);
 
-    camera->setCullMask(Mask_Scene|Mask_Water|Mask_Terrain);
+    camera->setCullMask(Mask_Scene|Mask_SimpleWater|Mask_Terrain);
     camera->setNodeMask(Mask_RenderToTexture);
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::StateSet> stateset = new osg::StateSet;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index dcf4406bb..b0fe98565 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         mViewer->getCamera()->setComputeNearFarMode(osg::Camera::DO_NOT_COMPUTE_NEAR_FAR);
         mViewer->getCamera()->setCullingMode(cullingMode);
 
-        mViewer->getCamera()->setCullMask(~(Mask_UpdateVisitor));
+        mViewer->getCamera()->setCullMask(~(Mask_UpdateVisitor|Mask_SimpleWater));
 
         mNearClip = Settings::Manager::getFloat("near clip", "Camera");
         mViewDistance = Settings::Manager::getFloat("viewing distance", "Camera");
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp
index fc63cddbb..7faae4602 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/vismask.hpp
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@ namespace MWRender
         Mask_Player = (1<<4),
         Mask_Sky = (1<<5),
         Mask_Water = (1<<6),
-        Mask_Terrain = (1<<7),
-        Mask_FirstPerson = (1<<8),
+        Mask_SimpleWater = (1<<7),
+        Mask_Terrain = (1<<8),
+        Mask_FirstPerson = (1<<9),
 
         // top level masks
-        Mask_Scene = (1<<9),
-        Mask_GUI = (1<<10),
+        Mask_Scene = (1<<10),
+        Mask_GUI = (1<<11),
 
         // Set on a Geode
-        Mask_ParticleSystem = (1<<11),
+        Mask_ParticleSystem = (1<<12),
 
         // Set on cameras within the main scene graph
-        Mask_RenderToTexture = (1<<12)
+        Mask_RenderToTexture = (1<<13)
 
         // reserved: (1<<16) for SceneUtil::Mask_Lit
     };
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/water.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/water.cpp
index af9fae04a..c090dfbfe 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/water.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/water.cpp
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ osg::ref_ptr<osg::Image> readPngImage (const std::string& file)
 }
 
 
-
 Water::Water(osg::Group *parent, osg::Group* sceneRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem *resourceSystem, osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation *ico,
              const MWWorld::Fallback* fallback, const std::string& resourcePath)
     : mParent(parent)
@@ -319,16 +318,18 @@ Water::Water(osg::Group *parent, osg::Group* sceneRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem
     geode->addDrawable(waterGeom);
     geode->setNodeMask(Mask_Water);
 
-    // TODO: node mask to use simple water for local map
-
     if (ico)
         ico->add(geode);
 
-    //createSimpleWaterStateSet(mResourceSystem, geode);
-
     mWaterNode = new osg::PositionAttitudeTransform;
     mWaterNode->addChild(geode);
 
+    // simple water fallback for the local map
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geode> geode2 (osg::clone(geode.get(), osg::CopyOp::DEEP_COPY_NODES));
+    createSimpleWaterStateSet(mResourceSystem, geode2);
+    geode2->setNodeMask(Mask_SimpleWater);
+    mWaterNode->addChild(geode2);
+
     mSceneRoot->addChild(mWaterNode);
 
     setHeight(mTop);