diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSContext/v0_3_1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSContext/v0_3_1.js
index f1c3de4fff..4a795f86ed 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSContext/v0_3_1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/OWSContext/v0_3_1.js
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ OpenLayers.Format.OWSContext.v0_3_1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                 var node = this.createElementNSPlus("Style");
                 this.writeNode("Name", style, node);
                 this.writeNode("Title", style, node);
-                this.writeNode("LegendURL", style, node);
+                if (style.legend) {
+                    this.writeNode("LegendURL", style, node);
+                }
                 return node;
             },
             "Name": function(obj) {