diff --git a/qglview/qglview.cpp b/qglview/qglview.cpp
index 57c9bd9..81be514 100644
--- a/qglview/qglview.cpp
+++ b/qglview/qglview.cpp
@@ -825,3 +825,18 @@ void QGLView::restoreCamera(const QByteArray &ba) {
 	camera()->setAngles(ang);
 }
 
+
+QByteArray QGLView::saveFeatures() {
+	QByteArray ba;
+	QDataStream ds(&ba, QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+	ds << features_;
+}
+
+
+void QGLView::restoreFeatures(const QByteArray & ba) {
+	QHash<int, QVariant> f;
+	QDataStream ds(ba);
+	ds >> f;
+	features_ = f;
+}
+
diff --git a/qglview/qglview.h b/qglview/qglview.h
index 03c9bdc..9ebb53b 100644
--- a/qglview/qglview.h
+++ b/qglview/qglview.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ public:
 	void glReleaseTextures(int channels = 8);
 	QByteArray saveCamera();
 	void restoreCamera(const QByteArray & ba);
+	QByteArray saveFeatures();
+	void restoreFeatures(const QByteArray & ba);
 
 
 	GLfloat aspect, iaspect;