diff --git a/OdeWorld.cc b/OdeWorld.cc
index 4acc2f0..9e25612 100644
--- a/OdeWorld.cc
+++ b/OdeWorld.cc
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ void OdeWorld::setupGeom(const std::string & name, bool static_data,
         dMassAdd(&origmass, mass);
         dBodySetMass(*body, &origmass);
     }
+    else
+    {
+        dMatrix3 rot;
+        dRFromEulerAngles(rot, rotx, roty, rotz);
+        dGeomSetRotation(geom, rot);
+        dGeomSetPosition(geom, locx, locy, locz);
+    }
 }
 
 /* push an OpenGL matrix onto the matrix stack for a given