diff --git a/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grcam.h b/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grcam.h
index 43171406..4bb72950 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grcam.h
+++ b/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grcam.h
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ class cGrPerspCamera : public cGrCamera
     float getFogStart(void) { return fogstart; }
     float getFogEnd(void) { return fogend; }
 
+    /** called in cGrScreen::camDraw() before anything else. Can be used to setup any state
+     *  before any rendering takes place. */
+    virtual void beforeDraw() {}
+    /** called in cGrScreen::camDraw() after everything else. The counterpart to
+     *  cGrPerspCamera::beforeDraw(). */
+    virtual void afterDraw() {}
+
     cGrPerspCamera *next(void) {
 	return (cGrPerspCamera *)cGrCamera::next();
     }
diff --git a/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grscreen.cpp b/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grscreen.cpp
index c6d10903..2183cdce 100644
--- a/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grscreen.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/graphic/ssggraph/grscreen.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ compareCars(const void *car1, const void *car2)
 
 void cGrScreen::camDraw(tSituation *s)
 {
+    GfProfStartProfile("dispCam->beforeDraw*");
+    dispCam->beforeDraw();
+    GfProfStopProfile("dispCam->beforeDraw*");
+
 	glDisable(GL_COLOR_MATERIAL);
 	
 	GfProfStartProfile("dispCam->update*");
@@ -300,6 +304,10 @@ void cGrScreen::camDraw(tSituation *s)
 			curCar->_roll * SG_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES, 0.0, curCar->_speed_x);
 	} else
 		grRain.drawPrecipitation(grTrack->local.rain, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+
+    GfProfStartProfile("dispCam->afterDraw*");
+    dispCam->afterDraw();
+    GfProfStopProfile("dispCam->afterDraw*");
 }