diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
index d8f0215c0..b6bae8cbb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ namespace MWRender
             }
             optimizer.setIsOperationPermissibleForObjectCallback(new CanOptimizeCallback);
             unsigned int options = SceneUtil::Optimizer::FLATTEN_STATIC_TRANSFORMS|SceneUtil::Optimizer::REMOVE_REDUNDANT_NODES|SceneUtil::Optimizer::MERGE_GEOMETRY;
+            mSceneManager->shareState(mergeGroup);
             optimizer.optimize(mergeGroup, options);
 
             group->addChild(mergeGroup);
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index 201767ab3..f6035a47d 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -514,6 +514,12 @@ namespace Resource
         return options;
     }
 
+    void SceneManager::shareState(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node) {
+        mSharedStateMutex.lock();
+        mSharedStateManager->share(node.get());
+        mSharedStateMutex.unlock();
+    }
+
     osg::ref_ptr<const osg::Node> SceneManager::getTemplate(const std::string &name, bool compile)
     {
         std::string normalized = name;
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
index 7635cd20f..de014165b 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ namespace Resource
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> createInstance(const std::string& name);
 
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> createInstance(const osg::Node* base);
-
+        void shareState(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node);
         /// Get an instance of the given scene template
         /// @see getTemplate
         /// @note Thread safe.