diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index 53b9f3372..0847a368d 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ namespace NifOsg
 
             morphGeom->setUpdateCallback(NULL);
             morphGeom->setCullCallback(new UpdateMorphGeometry);
+            morphGeom->setUseVertexBufferObjects(true);
+            morphGeom->getOrCreateVertexBufferObject()->setUsage(GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW_ARB);
 
             triShapeToGeometry(triShape, morphGeom, parentNode, composite, boundTextures, animflags);