diff --git a/src/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp b/src/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp
index 92b918e946f..0210ec9caf5 100644
--- a/src/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp
+++ b/src/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp
@@ -70,28 +70,65 @@ QgsRasterLayerProperties::QgsRasterLayerProperties(QgsMapLayer * lyr) : QgsRaste
     //update the transparency percentage label
     sliderTransparency_valueChanged(255-rasterLayer->getTransparency());
     //decide whether user can change rgb settings
+
+    switch (rasterLayer->getDrawingStyle())
+    {
+        case QgsRasterLayer::SINGLE_BAND_GRAY: 
+            rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(false);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::SINGLE_BAND_PSEUDO_COLOR: 
+            rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(false);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::PALETTED_SINGLE_BAND_GRAY:
+            rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::PALETTED_SINGLE_BAND_PSEUDO_COLOR: 
+            rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::PALETTED_MULTI_BAND_COLOR: 
+            rbtnThreeBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::MULTI_BAND_SINGLE_BAND_GRAY:
+            rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::MULTI_BAND_SINGLE_BAND_PSEUDO_COLOR: 
+            rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        case QgsRasterLayer::MULTI_BAND_COLOR:
+            rbtnThreeBand->toggle();
+            rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
+            rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
+            break;
+        default:
+             break;
+    }
     if (rasterLayer->getRasterLayerType()==QgsRasterLayer::MULTIBAND)
     {
-        rbtnThreeBand->toggle();
         //multiband images can also be rendered as single band (using only one of the bands)
-        rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
-        rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
         txtSymologyNotes->setText(tr("<h3>Multiband Image Notes</h3><p>This is a multiband image. You can choose to render it as grayscale or color (RGB). For color images, you can associate bands to colors arbitarily. For example, if you have a seven band landsat image, you may choose to render it as:</p><ul><li>Visible Blue (0.45 to 0.52 microns) - not mapped</li><li>Visible Green (0.52 to 0.60 microns) - not mapped</li></li>Visible Red (0.63 to 0.69 microns) - mapped to red in image</li><li>Near Infrared (0.76 to 0.90 microns) - mapped to green in image</li><li>Mid Infrared (1.55 to 1.75 microns) - not mapped</li><li>Thermal Infrared (10.4 to 12.5 microns) - not mapped</li><li>Mid Infrared (2.08 to 2.35 microns) - mapped to blue in image</li></ul>" ));
     }
     else if(rasterLayer->getRasterLayerType()==QgsRasterLayer::PALETTE)
     {
         //paletted images (e.g. tif) can only be rendered as three band rgb images
-        rbtnThreeBand->toggle();
-        rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(true);
-        rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
         txtSymologyNotes->setText(tr("<h3>Paletted Image Notes</h3> <p>This image uses a fixed color palette. You can remap these colors in different combinations e.g.</p><ul><li>Red - blue in image</li><li>Green - blue in image</li><li>Blue - green in image</li></ul>" ));
     }
     else //only grayscale settings allowed
     {
         //grayscale images can only be rendered as singleband
-        rbtnSingleBand->toggle();
-        rbtnThreeBand->setEnabled(false);
-        rbtnSingleBand->setEnabled(true);
         txtSymologyNotes->setText(tr("<h3>Grayscale Image Notes</h3> <p>You can remap these grayscale colors to a pseudocolor image using an automatically generated color ramp.</p>" ));
     }
     //