diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index a609b778f9..77b94408d8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("Archiving", false, "load oar",
                                           "load oar [--merge] [--skip-assets]"
                                              + " [--force-terrain] [--force-parcels]"
+                                             + " [--no-objects]"
                                              + " [--rotation degrees] [--rotation-center \"<x,y,z>\"]"
                                              + " [--displacement \"<x,y,z>\"]"
                                              + " [<OAR path>]",
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
                                           + "--force-parcels forces the loading of parcels from the oar (undoes suppression done by --merge)" + Environment.NewLine
                                           + "--rotation specified rotation to be applied to the oar. Specified in degrees." + Environment.NewLine
                                           + "--rotation-center Location (relative to original OAR) to apply rotation. Default is <128,128,0>" + Environment.NewLine
+                                          + "--no-objects suppresses the addition of any objects (good for loading only the terrain)" + Environment.NewLine
                                           + "The path can be either a filesystem location or a URI."
                                           + "  If this is not given then the command looks for an OAR named region.oar in the current directory.",
                                           LoadOar);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
index 23008a0d23..0c4b79b948 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         /// </value>
         protected Vector3 m_rotationCenter = new Vector3(Constants.RegionSize / 2f, Constants.RegionSize / 2f, 0f);
 
+        protected bool m_noObjects = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Used to cache lookups for valid uuids.
         /// </summary>
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             m_merge = options.ContainsKey("merge");
             m_forceTerrain = options.ContainsKey("force-terrain");
             m_forceParcels = options.ContainsKey("force-parcels");
+            m_noObjects = options.ContainsKey("no-objects");
             m_skipAssets = options.ContainsKey("skipAssets");
             m_requestId = requestId;
             m_displacement = options.ContainsKey("displacement") ? (Vector3)options["displacement"] : Vector3.Zero;
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 
                     // Process the file
 
-                    if (filePath.StartsWith(ArchiveConstants.OBJECTS_PATH))
+                    if (filePath.StartsWith(ArchiveConstants.OBJECTS_PATH) && !m_noObjects)
                     {
                         sceneContext.SerialisedSceneObjects.Add(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data));
                     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs
index a89fe1c860..2b2da6f2de 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiverModule.cs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             bool skipAssets = false;
             bool forceTerrain = false;
             bool forceParcels = false;
+            bool noObjects = false;
             Vector3 displacement = new Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f);
             float rotation = 0f;
             Vector3 rotationCenter = new Vector3(Constants.RegionSize / 2f, Constants.RegionSize / 2f, 0);
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             options.Add("forceterrain", delegate (string v) { forceTerrain = (v != null); });   // downward compatibility
             options.Add("force-parcels", delegate (string v) { forceParcels = (v != null); });
             options.Add("forceparcels", delegate (string v) { forceParcels = (v != null); });   // downward compatibility
+            options.Add("no-objects", delegate (string v) { noObjects = (v != null); });
             options.Add("displacement=", delegate (string v) {
                 try
                 {
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             if (skipAssets) archiveOptions.Add("skipAssets", null);
             if (forceTerrain) archiveOptions.Add("force-terrain", null);
             if (forceParcels) archiveOptions.Add("force-parcels", null);
+            if (noObjects) archiveOptions.Add("no-objects", null);
             archiveOptions.Add("displacement", displacement);
             archiveOptions.Add("rotation", rotation);
             archiveOptions.Add("rotation-center", rotationCenter);