diff --git a/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.cxx b/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.cxx
index 6e6db2b3b..774afe622 100644
--- a/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.cxx
+++ b/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.cxx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class DesktopGroup:
   public sc::Group
 {
   public:
-    DesktopGroup(osgViewer::View* view);
+    DesktopGroup(osg::Camera* camera);
 
     void setFocusWindow(const sc::WindowPtr& window);
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ bool GUIEventHandler::handle( const osgEA& ea,
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DesktopGroup::DesktopGroup(osgViewer::View* view):
+DesktopGroup::DesktopGroup(osg::Camera* camera):
   Group(sc::CanvasPtr(), fgGetNode("/sim/gui/canvas", true)),
   _cb_mouse_mode( this,
                   &DesktopGroup::handleMouseMode,
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ DesktopGroup::DesktopGroup(osgViewer::View* view):
   _width(_node, "size[0]"),
   _height(_node, "size[1]")
 {
-  auto camera = view->getCamera();
   if( !camera )
   {
     SG_LOG(SG_GUI, SG_WARN, "DesktopGroup: failed to get GUI camera.");
@@ -642,9 +641,10 @@ GUIMgr::GUIMgr()
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void GUIMgr::setGUIView(osgViewer::View* view)
+void GUIMgr::setGUIViewAndCamera(osgViewer::View* view, osg::Camera* cam)
 {
   _viewerView = view;
+    _camera = cam;
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -666,7 +666,12 @@ void GUIMgr::init()
     return;
   }
 
-  DesktopPtr desktop( new DesktopGroup(_viewerView) );
+    auto camera = _camera;
+    if (!camera) {
+        camera = _viewerView->getCamera();
+    }
+    
+  DesktopPtr desktop( new DesktopGroup(camera) );
   desktop->handleResize
   (
     0,
diff --git a/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.hxx b/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.hxx
index 0abf86887..735fcdfa3 100644
--- a/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.hxx
+++ b/src/Canvas/gui_mgr.hxx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <osg/MatrixTransform>
 
 namespace osgViewer { class View; }
+namespace osg { class Camera; }
+
 namespace osgGA
 {
   class GUIEventAdapter;
@@ -72,13 +74,14 @@ public:
     void ungrabPointer(const simgear::canvas::WindowPtr& window);
 
     /**
-     * specify the osgViewer::View which contains the GUI. 
+     * specify the osgViewer::View and Camera
      */
-    void setGUIView(osgViewer::View* view);
+    void setGUIViewAndCamera(osgViewer::View* view, osg::Camera* cam);
 protected:
     simgear::canvas::GroupPtr           _desktop;
     osg::ref_ptr<GUIEventHandler>       _event_handler;
-    osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::View>       _viewerView;;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::View>       _viewerView;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::Camera>           _camera;
 
     simgear::canvas::Placements
     addWindowPlacement( SGPropertyNode* placement,
diff --git a/src/Main/fg_init.cxx b/src/Main/fg_init.cxx
index 3244670cd..63b3cf74f 100755
--- a/src/Main/fg_init.cxx
+++ b/src/Main/fg_init.cxx
@@ -1106,7 +1106,8 @@ void fgCreateSubsystems(bool duringReset) {
         
         auto canvasGui = new GUIMgr;
         globals->add_subsystem("CanvasGUI", canvasGui, SGSubsystemMgr::DISPLAY);
-        canvasGui->setGUIView(globals->get_renderer()->getView());
+        auto guiCamera = flightgear::getGUICamera(flightgear::CameraGroup::getDefault());
+        canvasGui->setGUIViewAndCamera(globals->get_renderer()->getView(), guiCamera);
 
         #ifdef ENABLE_AUDIO_SUPPORT
         globals->add_subsystem("voice", new FGVoiceMgr, SGSubsystemMgr::DISPLAY);