diff --git a/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java b/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java
index 1d560bd18..25c708781 100644
--- a/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java
+++ b/sdk/jme3-ogretools/src/com/jme3/gde/ogretools/OgreBinaryMeshDataObject.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 package com.jme3.gde.ogretools;
 
+import com.jme3.asset.AssetKey;
 import com.jme3.gde.core.assets.ProjectAssetManager;
 import com.jme3.gde.core.assets.SpatialAssetDataObject;
 import com.jme3.gde.ogretools.convert.OgreXMLConvert;
@@ -11,12 +12,16 @@ import com.jme3.gde.ogretools.convert.OgreXMLConvertOptions;
 import com.jme3.scene.Spatial;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.netbeans.api.progress.ProgressHandle;
 import org.netbeans.api.progress.ProgressHandleFactory;
 import org.openide.DialogDisplayer;
 import org.openide.NotifyDescriptor;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileLock;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject;
+import org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil;
 import org.openide.loaders.DataObjectExistsException;
 import org.openide.loaders.MultiFileLoader;
 import org.openide.util.Exceptions;
@@ -53,7 +58,11 @@ public class OgreBinaryMeshDataObject extends SpatialAssetDataObject {
         FileLock lock = null;
         try {
             lock = getPrimaryFile().lock();
+            listListener.start();
             Spatial spatial = mgr.loadModel(assetKey);
+            //replace transient xml files in list of assets for this model
+            replaceXmlFiles();
+            listListener.stop();
             savable = spatial;
             lock.releaseLock();
             File deleteFile = new File(options.getDestFile());
@@ -71,4 +80,22 @@ public class OgreBinaryMeshDataObject extends SpatialAssetDataObject {
         handle.finish();
         return null;
     }
+
+    private void replaceXmlFiles() {
+        List<FileObject> newFiles = new ArrayList<FileObject>();
+        for (Iterator<FileObject> it = assetList.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+            FileObject fileObject = it.next();
+            if (fileObject.hasExt("xml")) {
+                FileObject binaryFile = fileObject.getParent().getFileObject(fileObject.getName());
+                if (binaryFile != null) {
+                    newFiles.add(binaryFile);
+                    it.remove();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for (Iterator<FileObject> it = newFiles.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+            FileObject fileObject = it.next();
+            assetList.add(fileObject);
+        }
+    }
 }