diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js
index 8c2152d1fb..78b8a066e7 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js
@@ -244,14 +244,21 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.Filter.v1_0_0, {
             },
             "PolygonSymbolizer": function(node, rule) {
                 // OpenLayers doens't do painter's order, instead we extend
-                var symbolizer = rule.symbolizer["Polygon"] || {};
+                var symbolizer = rule.symbolizer["Polygon"] || {
+                    fill: false,
+                    stroke: false
+                };
                 this.readChildNodes(node, symbolizer);
                 // in case it didn't exist before
                 rule.symbolizer["Polygon"] = symbolizer;
             },
             "PointSymbolizer": function(node, rule) {
                 // OpenLayers doens't do painter's order, instead we extend
-                var symbolizer = rule.symbolizer["Point"] || {};
+                var symbolizer = rule.symbolizer["Point"] || {
+                    fill: false,
+                    stroke: false,
+                    graphic: false
+                };
                 this.readChildNodes(node, symbolizer);
                 // in case it didn't exist before
                 rule.symbolizer["Point"] = symbolizer;
@@ -283,8 +290,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.Filter.v1_0_0, {
                 this.readChildNodes(node, graphic);
                 // directly properties with names that match symbolizer properties
                 var properties = [
-                    "strokeColor", "strokeWidth", "strokeOpacity",
-                    "strokeLinecap", "fillColor", "fillOpacity",
+                    "stroke", "strokeColor", "strokeWidth", "strokeOpacity",
+                    "strokeLinecap", "fill", "fillColor", "fillOpacity",
                     "graphicName", "rotation", "graphicFormat"
                 ];
                 var prop, value;
@@ -849,14 +856,10 @@ OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.Filter.v1_0_0, {
             },
             "PolygonSymbolizer": function(symbolizer) {
                 var node = this.createElementNSPlus("sld:PolygonSymbolizer");
-                if(symbolizer.fillColor != undefined ||
-                   symbolizer.fillOpacity != undefined) {
+                if(symbolizer.fill !== false) {
                     this.writeNode("Fill", symbolizer, node);
                 }
-                if(symbolizer.strokeWidth != undefined ||
-                   symbolizer.strokeColor != undefined ||
-                   symbolizer.strokeOpacity != undefined ||
-                   symbolizer.strokeDashstyle != undefined) {
+                if(symbolizer.stroke !== false) {
                     this.writeNode("Stroke", symbolizer, node);
                 }
                 return node;
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer.js
index ecc611b0ee..90031d5815 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Renderer.js
@@ -316,16 +316,11 @@ OpenLayers.Renderer = OpenLayers.Class({
     applyDefaultSymbolizer: function(symbolizer) {
         var result = OpenLayers.Util.extend({},
             OpenLayers.Renderer.defaultSymbolizer);
-        if(symbolizer.stroke !== true &&
-                        symbolizer.strokeWidth === undefined &&
-                        symbolizer.strokeColor === undefined &&
-                        symbolizer.strokeOpacity === undefined) {
+        if(symbolizer.stroke === false) {
             delete result.strokeWidth;
             delete result.strokeColor;
         }
-        if(symbolizer.fill !== true &&
-                        symbolizer.fillColor === undefined &&
-                        symbolizer.fillOpacity === undefined) {
+        if(symbolizer.fill === false) {
             delete result.fillColor;
         }
         OpenLayers.Util.extend(result, symbolizer);