diff --git a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
index 0411dbc431..c49a147776 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.cpp
@@ -820,9 +820,10 @@ void MWShadowTechnique::enableShadows()
     _enableShadows = true;
 }
 
-void MWShadowTechnique::disableShadows()
+void MWShadowTechnique::disableShadows(bool setDummyState)
 {
     _enableShadows = false;
+    mSetDummyStateWhenDisabled = setDummyState;
 }
 
 void SceneUtil::MWShadowTechnique::enableDebugHUD()
@@ -914,7 +915,28 @@ void MWShadowTechnique::cull(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv)
 {
     if (!_enableShadows)
     {
+        if (mSetDummyStateWhenDisabled)
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::StateSet> dummyState = new osg::StateSet();
+
+            ShadowSettings* settings = getShadowedScene()->getShadowSettings();
+            int baseUnit = settings->getBaseShadowTextureUnit();
+            int endUnit = baseUnit + settings->getNumShadowMapsPerLight();
+            for (int i = baseUnit; i < endUnit; ++i)
+            {
+                dummyState->setTextureAttributeAndModes(i, _fallbackShadowMapTexture, osg::StateAttribute::ON);
+                dummyState->addUniform(new osg::Uniform(("shadowTexture" + std::to_string(i - baseUnit)).c_str(), i));
+                dummyState->addUniform(new osg::Uniform(("shadowTextureUnit" + std::to_string(i - baseUnit)).c_str(), i));
+            }
+
+            cv.pushStateSet(dummyState);
+        }
+
         _shadowedScene->osg::Group::traverse(cv);
+
+        if (mSetDummyStateWhenDisabled)
+            cv.popStateSet();
+
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1577,6 +1599,8 @@ void MWShadowTechnique::createShaders()
         _fallbackShadowMapTexture->setWrap(osg::Texture2D::WRAP_T,osg::Texture2D::REPEAT);
         _fallbackShadowMapTexture->setFilter(osg::Texture2D::MIN_FILTER,osg::Texture2D::NEAREST);
         _fallbackShadowMapTexture->setFilter(osg::Texture2D::MAG_FILTER,osg::Texture2D::NEAREST);
+        _fallbackShadowMapTexture->setShadowComparison(true);
+        _fallbackShadowMapTexture->setShadowCompareFunc(osg::Texture::ShadowCompareFunc::ALWAYS);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp
index a7208cfa6d..5125247dda 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/mwshadowtechnique.hpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil {
 
         virtual void enableShadows();
 
-        virtual void disableShadows();
+        virtual void disableShadows(bool setDummyState = false);
 
         virtual void enableDebugHUD();
 
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil {
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Program>              _program;
 
         bool                                    _enableShadows;
+        bool                                    mSetDummyStateWhenDisabled;
 
         double                                  _splitPointUniformLogRatio = 0.5;
         double                                  _splitPointDeltaBias = 0.0;
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/shadow.cpp b/components/sceneutil/shadow.cpp
index 1e14fbbb13..35646b834e 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/shadow.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/shadow.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ namespace SceneUtil
         if (Settings::Manager::getBool("enable indoor shadows", "Shadows"))
             mShadowSettings->setCastsShadowTraversalMask(mIndoorShadowCastingMask);
         else
-            mShadowTechnique->disableShadows();
+            mShadowTechnique->disableShadows(true);
     }
 
     void ShadowManager::enableOutdoorMode()