diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/groundcover.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/groundcover.cpp
index 049118c90..4390dae22 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/groundcover.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/groundcover.cpp
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ namespace MWRender
             // Keep link to original mesh to keep it in cache
             group->getOrCreateUserDataContainer()->addUserObject(new Resource::TemplateRef(temp));
 
+            mSceneManager->reinstateRemovedState(node);
+
             InstancingVisitor visitor(pair.second, worldCenter);
             node->accept(visitor);
             group->addChild(node);
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index 9d36f1cae..e46ce2016 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ namespace Resource
         node->accept(*shaderVisitor);
     }
 
+    void SceneManager::reinstateRemovedState(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node)
+    {
+        osg::ref_ptr<Shader::ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor> reinstateRemovedStateVisitor = new Shader::ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor(false);
+        node->accept(*reinstateRemovedStateVisitor);
+    }
+
     void SceneManager::setClampLighting(bool clamp)
     {
         mClampLighting = clamp;
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
index 0648ce06f..bf69a8c4b 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
@@ -75,9 +75,14 @@ namespace Resource
 
         Shader::ShaderManager& getShaderManager();
 
-        /// Re-create shaders for this node, need to call this if texture stages or vertex color mode have changed.
+        /// Re-create shaders for this node, need to call this if alpha testing, texture stages or vertex color mode have changed.
         void recreateShaders(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node, const std::string& shaderPrefix = "objects", bool translucentFramebuffer = false, bool forceShadersForNode = false);
 
+        /// Applying shaders to a node may replace some fixed-function state.
+        /// This restores it.
+        /// When editing such state, it should be reinstated before the edits, and shaders should be recreated afterwards.
+        void reinstateRemovedState(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node);
+
         /// @see ShaderVisitor::setForceShaders
         void setForceShaders(bool force);
         bool getForceShaders() const;
diff --git a/components/shader/shadervisitor.cpp b/components/shader/shadervisitor.cpp
index a79e24f8b..782ffa016 100644
--- a/components/shader/shadervisitor.cpp
+++ b/components/shader/shadervisitor.cpp
@@ -614,4 +614,43 @@ namespace Shader
         mTranslucentFramebuffer = translucent;
     }
 
+    ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor::ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor(bool allowedToModifyStateSets)
+        : osg::NodeVisitor(TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN)
+        , mAllowedToModifyStateSets(allowedToModifyStateSets)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor::apply(osg::Node& node)
+    {
+        if (node.getStateSet())
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::StateSet> removedState = getRemovedState(*node.getStateSet());
+            if (removedState)
+            {
+                osg::ref_ptr<osg::StateSet> writableStateSet;
+                if (mAllowedToModifyStateSets)
+                    writableStateSet = node.getStateSet();
+                else
+                    writableStateSet = getWritableStateSet(node);
+
+                // user data is normally shallow copied so shared with the original stateset
+                osg::ref_ptr<osg::UserDataContainer> writableUserData;
+                if (mAllowedToModifyStateSets)
+                    writableUserData = writableStateSet->getUserDataContainer();
+                else
+                    writableUserData = getWritableUserDataContainer(*writableStateSet);
+                unsigned int index = writableUserData->getUserObjectIndex("removedState");
+                writableUserData->removeUserObject(index);
+
+                for (const auto&[mode, value] : removedState->getModeList())
+                    writableStateSet->setMode(mode, value);
+
+                for (const auto& attribute : removedState->getAttributeList())
+                    writableStateSet->setAttribute(attribute.second.first, attribute.second.second);
+            }
+        }
+
+        traverse(node);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/components/shader/shadervisitor.hpp b/components/shader/shadervisitor.hpp
index daf42ff26..f7c6f8312 100644
--- a/components/shader/shadervisitor.hpp
+++ b/components/shader/shadervisitor.hpp
@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ namespace Shader
         bool adjustGeometry(osg::Geometry& sourceGeometry, const ShaderRequirements& reqs);
     };
 
+    class ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
+    {
+    public:
+        ReinstateRemovedStateVisitor(bool allowedToModifyStateSets);
+
+        void apply(osg::Node& node) override;
+
+    private:
+        bool mAllowedToModifyStateSets;
+    };
+
 }
 
 #endif