diff --git a/src/osgEarth/XYZ b/src/osgEarth/XYZ
index a2a52c5119..c9fab2f744 100644
--- a/src/osgEarth/XYZ
+++ b/src/osgEarth/XYZ
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
  */
-
-#ifndef OSGEARTH_XYZ_H
-#define OSGEARTH_XYZ_H
+#pragma once
 
 #include <osgEarth/Common>
 #include <osgEarth/ImageLayer>
@@ -220,5 +218,3 @@ namespace osgEarth
 
 OSGEARTH_SPECIALIZE_CONFIG(osgEarth::XYZImageLayer::Options);
 OSGEARTH_SPECIALIZE_CONFIG(osgEarth::XYZElevationLayer::Options);
-
-#endif // OSGEARTH_XYZ_H
diff --git a/src/osgEarth/XYZ.cpp b/src/osgEarth/XYZ.cpp
index e8cd0e54cb..21999a7ddd 100644
--- a/src/osgEarth/XYZ.cpp
+++ b/src/osgEarth/XYZ.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ XYZElevationLayerOptions::fromConfig(const Config& conf)
     conf.get("format", _format);
     conf.get("invert_y", _invertY);
     conf.get("elevation_encoding", _elevationEncoding);
+    conf.get("interpretation", elevationEncoding()); // compat with QGIS
 }
 
 Config
@@ -337,6 +338,32 @@ XYZElevationLayer::createHeightFieldImplementation(const TileKey& key, ProgressC
 
             return GeoHeightField(hf, key.getExtent());
         }
+
+        else if (options().elevationEncoding() == "terrarium")
+        {
+            // Allocate the heightfield.
+            osg::HeightField* hf = new osg::HeightField();
+            hf->allocate(image->s(), image->t());
+
+            ImageUtils::PixelReader reader(image);
+            osg::Vec4f pixel;
+
+            for (int c = 0; c < image->s(); c++)
+            {
+                for (int r = 0; r < image->t(); r++)
+                {
+                    reader(pixel, c, r);
+                    pixel.r() *= 255.0;
+                    pixel.g() *= 255.0;
+                    pixel.b() *= 255.0;
+                    float h = (pixel.r() * 256.0f + pixel.g() + pixel.b() / 256.0f) - 32768.0f;
+                    hf->setHeight(c, r, h);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return GeoHeightField(hf, key.getExtent());
+        }
+
         else
         {
             ImageToHeightFieldConverter conv;