diff --git a/python/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.sip b/python/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.sip
index 679488460a4..f897e3bce3d 100644
--- a/python/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.sip
+++ b/python/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.sip
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class QgsRasterLayer : QgsMapLayer
     void setDataProvider( const QString & provider );
 
     /** \brief Accessor for drawing style */
-    DrawingStyle drawingStyle();
+    //DrawingStyle drawingStyle();
 
     /** \brief Accessor that returns the width of the (unclipped) raster  */
     int width();
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class QgsRasterLayer : QgsMapLayer
     LayerType rasterType();
 
     /** \brief Mutator for drawing style */
-    void setDrawingStyle( const DrawingStyle &  theDrawingStyle );
+    //void setDrawingStyle( const DrawingStyle &  theDrawingStyle );
 
     /**Set raster renderer. Takes ownership of the renderer object*/
     void setRenderer( QgsRasterRenderer* theRenderer /Transfer/ );
diff --git a/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp b/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp
index 15dd64a16ff..817a8ca0524 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "qgsmaprenderer.h"
 #include "qgsmaptoolemitpoint.h"
 #include "qgsmaptopixel.h"
+#include "qgsmultibandcolorrenderer.h"
 #include "qgsmultibandcolorrendererwidget.h"
 #include "qgspalettedrendererwidget.h"
 #include "qgsproject.h"
@@ -1206,7 +1207,7 @@ void QgsRasterLayerProperties::on_pbnExportTransparentPixelValues_clicked()
     {
       QTextStream myOutputStream( &myOutputFile );
       myOutputStream << "# " << tr( "QGIS Generated Transparent Pixel Value Export File" ) << "\n";
-      if ( /*rbtnThreeBand->isChecked() &&*/ QgsRasterLayer::MultiBandColor == mRasterLayer->drawingStyle() )
+      if ( rasterIsMultiBandColor() )
       {
         myOutputStream << "#\n#\n# " << tr( "Red" ) << "\t" << tr( "Green" ) << "\t" << tr( "Blue" ) << "\t" << tr( "Percent Transparent" );
         for ( int myTableRunner = 0; myTableRunner < tableTransparency->rowCount(); myTableRunner++ )
@@ -1219,17 +1220,7 @@ void QgsRasterLayerProperties::on_pbnExportTransparentPixelValues_clicked()
       }
       else
       {
-        if ( QgsRasterLayer::PalettedColor != mRasterLayer->drawingStyle() &&
-             QgsRasterLayer::PalettedSingleBandGray != mRasterLayer->drawingStyle() &&
-             QgsRasterLayer::PalettedSingleBandPseudoColor != mRasterLayer->drawingStyle() &&
-             QgsRasterLayer::PalettedMultiBandColor != mRasterLayer->drawingStyle() )
-        {
-          myOutputStream << "#\n#\n# " << tr( "Gray" ) << "\t" << tr( "Percent Transparent" );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-          myOutputStream << "#\n#\n# " << tr( "Indexed Value" ) << "\t" << tr( "Percent Transparent" );
-        }
+        myOutputStream << "#\n#\n# " << tr( "Value" ) << "\t" << tr( "Percent Transparent" );
 
         for ( int myTableRunner = 0; myTableRunner < tableTransparency->rowCount(); myTableRunner++ )
         {
@@ -1331,7 +1322,7 @@ void QgsRasterLayerProperties::on_pbnImportTransparentPixelValues_clicked()
   {
     QTextStream myInputStream( &myInputFile );
     QString myInputLine;
-    if ( /*rbtnThreeBand->isChecked() &&*/ QgsRasterLayer::MultiBandColor == mRasterLayer->drawingStyle() )
+    if ( rasterIsMultiBandColor() )
     {
       for ( int myTableRunner = tableTransparency->rowCount() - 1; myTableRunner >= 0; myTableRunner-- )
       {
@@ -1714,3 +1705,9 @@ void QgsRasterLayerProperties::on_mResetColorRenderingBtn_clicked()
   mColorizeCheck->setChecked( false );
   sliderColorizeStrength->setValue( 100 );
 }
+
+bool QgsRasterLayerProperties::rasterIsMultiBandColor()
+{
+  return mRasterLayer && dynamic_cast<QgsMultiBandColorRenderer*>( mRasterLayer->renderer() ) != 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.h b/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.h
index fcb6a778a2c..9c3929f7c95 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.h
+++ b/src/app/qgsrasterlayerproperties.h
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ class QgsRasterLayerProperties : public QgsOptionsDialogBase, private Ui::QgsRas
 
     QgsRasterRendererWidget* mRendererWidget;
 
+    bool rasterIsMultiBandColor();
+
     void setupTransparencyTable( int nBands );
 
     /** \brief Clear the current transparency table and populate the table with the correct types for current drawing mode and data type*/
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
index 1114c45c3c8..bc7d3748545 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.cpp
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::init()
 {
   mRasterType = QgsRasterLayer::GrayOrUndefined;
 
-  setDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::UndefinedDrawingStyle );
+  setRendererForDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::UndefinedDrawingStyle );
 
   //Initialize the last view port structure, should really be a class
   mLastViewPort.mWidth = 0;
@@ -895,16 +895,16 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::setDataProvider( QString const & provider )
   QgsDebugMsg( "mRasterType = " + QString::number( mRasterType ) );
   if ( mRasterType == ColorLayer )
   {
-    QgsDebugMsg( "Setting mDrawingStyle to SingleBandColorDataStyle " + QString::number( SingleBandColorDataStyle ) );
-    setDrawingStyle( SingleBandColorDataStyle );
+    QgsDebugMsg( "Setting drawing style to SingleBandColorDataStyle " + QString::number( SingleBandColorDataStyle ) );
+    setRendererForDrawingStyle( SingleBandColorDataStyle );
   }
   else if ( mRasterType == Palette && mDataProvider->colorInterpretation( 1 ) == QgsRaster::PaletteIndex )
   {
-    setDrawingStyle( PalettedColor ); //sensible default
+    setRendererForDrawingStyle( PalettedColor ); //sensible default
   }
   else if ( mRasterType == Palette && mDataProvider->colorInterpretation( 1 ) == QgsRaster::ContinuousPalette )
   {
-    setDrawingStyle( SingleBandPseudoColor );
+    setRendererForDrawingStyle( SingleBandPseudoColor );
     // Load color table
     QList<QgsColorRampShader::ColorRampItem> colorTable = mDataProvider->colorTable( 1 );
     QgsSingleBandPseudoColorRenderer* r = dynamic_cast<QgsSingleBandPseudoColorRenderer*>( renderer() );
@@ -921,11 +921,11 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::setDataProvider( QString const & provider )
   }
   else if ( mRasterType == Multiband )
   {
-    setDrawingStyle( MultiBandColor );  //sensible default
+    setRendererForDrawingStyle( MultiBandColor );  //sensible default
   }
   else                        //GrayOrUndefined
   {
-    setDrawingStyle( SingleBandGray );  //sensible default
+    setRendererForDrawingStyle( SingleBandGray );  //sensible default
   }
 
   // Auto set alpha band
@@ -1092,19 +1092,20 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::setContrastEnhancement( QgsContrastEnhancement::ContrastEnh
 
 void QgsRasterLayer::setDefaultContrastEnhancement()
 {
-  QgsDebugMsg( QString( "mDrawingStyle = %1" ).arg( mDrawingStyle ) );
+  QgsDebugMsg( "Entered" );
 
   QSettings mySettings;
 
   QString myKey;
   QString myDefault;
 
-  if ( mDrawingStyle == SingleBandGray || mDrawingStyle == MultiBandSingleBandGray )
+  // TODO: we should not test renderer class here, move it somehow to renderers
+  if ( dynamic_cast<QgsSingleBandGrayRenderer*>( renderer() ) )
   {
     myKey = "singleBand";
     myDefault = "StretchToMinimumMaximum";
   }
-  else if ( mDrawingStyle == MultiBandColor )
+  else if ( dynamic_cast<QgsMultiBandColorRenderer*>( renderer() ) )
   {
     if ( QgsRasterBlock::typeSize( dataProvider()->srcDataType( 1 ) ) == 1 )
     {
@@ -1148,52 +1149,54 @@ void QgsRasterLayer::setDefaultContrastEnhancement()
 void QgsRasterLayer::setDrawingStyle( QString const & theDrawingStyleQString )
 {
   QgsDebugMsg( "DrawingStyle = " + theDrawingStyleQString );
+  DrawingStyle drawingStyle;
   if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "SingleBandGray" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = SingleBandGray;
+    drawingStyle = SingleBandGray;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "SingleBandPseudoColor" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = SingleBandPseudoColor;
+    drawingStyle = SingleBandPseudoColor;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "PalettedColor" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = PalettedColor;
+    drawingStyle = PalettedColor;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "PalettedSingleBandGray" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = PalettedSingleBandGray;
+    drawingStyle = PalettedSingleBandGray;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "PalettedSingleBandPseudoColor" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = PalettedSingleBandPseudoColor;
+    drawingStyle = PalettedSingleBandPseudoColor;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "PalettedMultiBandColor" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = PalettedMultiBandColor;
+    drawingStyle = PalettedMultiBandColor;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "MultiBandSingleBandGray" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = MultiBandSingleBandGray;
+    drawingStyle = MultiBandSingleBandGray;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "MultiBandSingleBandPseudoColor" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = MultiBandSingleBandPseudoColor;
+    drawingStyle = MultiBandSingleBandPseudoColor;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "MultiBandColor" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = MultiBandColor;
+    drawingStyle = MultiBandColor;
   }
   else if ( theDrawingStyleQString == "SingleBandColorDataStyle" )//no need to tr() this its not shown in ui
   {
-    QgsDebugMsg( "Setting mDrawingStyle to SingleBandColorDataStyle " + QString::number( SingleBandColorDataStyle ) );
-    mDrawingStyle = SingleBandColorDataStyle;
-    QgsDebugMsg( "Setted mDrawingStyle to " + QString::number( mDrawingStyle ) );
+    QgsDebugMsg( "Setting drawingStyle to SingleBandColorDataStyle " + QString::number( SingleBandColorDataStyle ) );
+    drawingStyle = SingleBandColorDataStyle;
+    QgsDebugMsg( "Setted drawingStyle to " + QString::number( drawingStyle ) );
   }
   else
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = UndefinedDrawingStyle;
+    drawingStyle = UndefinedDrawingStyle;
   }
+  setRendererForDrawingStyle( drawingStyle );
 }
 
 void QgsRasterLayer::setLayerOrder( QStringList const & layers )
@@ -1413,24 +1416,6 @@ bool QgsRasterLayer::readSymbology( const QDomNode& layer_node, QString& errorMe
 
   Raster layer project file XML of form:
 
-  \verbatim
-  <maplayer type="raster" visible="1" showInOverviewFlag="1">
-  <layername>Wynoochee_dem</layername>
-  <datasource>/home/mcoletti/mnt/MCOLETTIF8F9/c/Toolkit_Course/Answers/Training_Data/wynoochee_dem.img</datasource>
-  <zorder>0</zorder>
-  <transparencyLevelInt>255</transparencyLevelInt>
-  <rasterproperties>
-  <mDrawingStyle>SingleBandGray</mDrawingStyle>
-  <mInvertColor boolean="false"/>
-  <mStandardDeviations>0</mStandardDeviations>
-  <mRedBandName>Not Set</mRedBandName>
-  <mGreenBandName>Not Set</mGreenBandName>
-  <mBlueBandName>Not Set</mBlueBandName>
-  <mGrayBandName>Undefined</mGrayBandName>
-  </rasterproperties>
-  </maplayer>
-  \endverbatim
-
   @note Called by QgsMapLayer::readXML().
 */
 bool QgsRasterLayer::readXml( const QDomNode& layer_node )
@@ -1505,11 +1490,9 @@ bool QgsRasterLayer::readXml( const QDomNode& layer_node )
   bool res = readSymbology( layer_node, theError );
 
   // old wms settings we need to correct
-  if ( res &&
-       mProviderKey == "wms" &&
-       mDrawingStyle == MultiBandColor )
+  if ( res && mProviderKey == "wms" )
   {
-    mDrawingStyle = SingleBandColorDataStyle;
+    setRendererForDrawingStyle( SingleBandColorDataStyle );
   }
 
   // Check timestamp
diff --git a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.h b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.h
index a4c63f7c595..450aa1c56ff 100644
--- a/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.h
+++ b/src/core/raster/qgsrasterlayer.h
@@ -260,14 +260,14 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterLayer : public QgsMapLayer
     /**  [ data provider interface ] Set the data provider */
     void setDataProvider( const QString & provider );
 
-    /** \brief Accessor for drawing style */
-    DrawingStyle drawingStyle() { return mDrawingStyle; }
-
     /** \brief  Accessor for raster layer type (which is a read only property) */
     LayerType rasterType() { return mRasterType; }
 
+    /** \brief Accessor for drawing style */
+    //DrawingStyle drawingStyle() { return mDrawingStyle; }
+
     /** \brief Mutator for drawing style */
-    void setDrawingStyle( const DrawingStyle &  theDrawingStyle ) { mDrawingStyle = theDrawingStyle; setRendererForDrawingStyle( theDrawingStyle ); }
+    //void setDrawingStyle( const DrawingStyle &  theDrawingStyle ) { mDrawingStyle = theDrawingStyle; setRendererForDrawingStyle( theDrawingStyle ); }
 
     /**Set raster renderer. Takes ownership of the renderer object*/
     void setRenderer( QgsRasterRenderer* theRenderer );
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterLayer : public QgsMapLayer
     /** Pointer to data provider */
     QgsRasterDataProvider* mDataProvider;
 
-    DrawingStyle mDrawingStyle;
+    //DrawingStyle mDrawingStyle;
 
     /** [ data provider interface ]The error message associated with the last error */
     QString mError;
diff --git a/src/mapserver/qgsmslayerbuilder.cpp b/src/mapserver/qgsmslayerbuilder.cpp
index eda1ba6e417..5bb4cce9ba0 100644
--- a/src/mapserver/qgsmslayerbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/mapserver/qgsmslayerbuilder.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "qgsmslayerbuilder.h"
 #include "qgsrasterlayer.h"
+#include "qgsrasterrendererregistry.h"
 
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileInfo>
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ void QgsMSLayerBuilder::clearRasterSymbology( QgsRasterLayer* rl ) const
   {
     if ( rl->rasterType() == QgsRasterLayer::GrayOrUndefined )
     {
-      rl->setDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::SingleBandPseudoColor );
+      //rl->setDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::SingleBandPseudoColor );
+      rl->setRenderer( QgsRasterRendererRegistry::instance()->defaultRendererForDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::SingleBandPseudoColor, rl->dataProvider() ) );
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/mapserver/qgssldparser.cpp b/src/mapserver/qgssldparser.cpp
index 96a654d56c8..f6350cacab7 100644
--- a/src/mapserver/qgssldparser.cpp
+++ b/src/mapserver/qgssldparser.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "qgsmslayercache.h"
 #include "qgsmsutils.h"
 #include "qgsrasterlayer.h"
+#include "qgsrasterrendererregistry.h"
 #include "qgscolorrampshader.h"
 #include "qgscoordinatereferencesystem.h"
 #include "qgslabelattributes.h"
@@ -1496,7 +1497,8 @@ void QgsSLDParser::clearRasterSymbology( QgsRasterLayer* rl ) const
   {
     if ( rl->rasterType() == QgsRasterLayer::GrayOrUndefined )
     {
-      rl->setDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::SingleBandPseudoColor );
+      //rl->setDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::SingleBandPseudoColor );
+      rl->setRenderer( QgsRasterRendererRegistry::instance()->defaultRendererForDrawingStyle( QgsRasterLayer::SingleBandPseudoColor, rl->dataProvider() ) );
     }
   }
 }