diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLUserData.cs b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLUserData.cs
index cd5ac39170..f7d5659625 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLUserData.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/MySQL/MySQLUserData.cs
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
         /// Appearance
         /// TODO: stubs for now to get us to a compiling state gently
         // override
-        public AvatarAppearance GetUserAppearance(LLUUID user)
+        override public AvatarAppearance GetUserAppearance(LLUUID user)
         {
             AvatarAppearance appearance = null;
             if (!m_appearanceMapper.TryGetValue(user.UUID, out appearance))
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data.MySQL
         }
 
         // override
-        public void UpdateUserAppearance(LLUUID user, AvatarAppearance appearance)
+        override public void UpdateUserAppearance(LLUUID user, AvatarAppearance appearance)
         {
             m_appearanceMapper.Update(user.UUID, appearance);
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs b/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs
index 57f45641ba..ad40bbc0a9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Data/UserDataBase.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data
         public abstract string Name {get;}
         public abstract void Initialise(string connect);
         public abstract List<AvatarPickerAvatar> GeneratePickerResults(LLUUID queryID, string query);
-        public AvatarAppearance GetUserAppearance(LLUUID user) {
+        public virtual AvatarAppearance GetUserAppearance(LLUUID user) {
             AvatarAppearance aa = null;
             try {
                 aa = aplist[user];
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Data
             }
             return aa;
         }
-        public void UpdateUserAppearance(LLUUID user, AvatarAppearance appearance) {
+        public virtual void UpdateUserAppearance(LLUUID user, AvatarAppearance appearance) {
             aplist[user] = appearance;
             m_log.Info("[APPEARANCE] Setting appearance for " + user.ToString() + appearance.ToString());
         }