diff --git a/lib/addDefaults.js b/lib/addDefaults.js
index d3a5aa67..d45e7250 100644
--- a/lib/addDefaults.js
+++ b/lib/addDefaults.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 var Cesium = require('cesium');
 var addToArray = require('./addToArray');
+var ForEach = require('./ForEach');
 
 var clone = Cesium.clone;
 var defaultValue = Cesium.defaultValue;
@@ -428,6 +429,47 @@ function optimizeForCesium(gltf) {
     }
 }
 
+function inferBufferViewTargets(gltf) {
+    // If bufferView elements are missing targets, we can infer their type from their use
+    var needsTarget = {};
+    var shouldTraverse = false;
+    ForEach.bufferView(gltf, function(bufferView, bufferViewId) {
+        if (!defined(bufferView.target)) {
+            needsTarget[bufferViewId] = true;
+            shouldTraverse = true;
+        }
+    });
+    if (shouldTraverse) {
+        var accessors = gltf.accessors;
+        var bufferViews = gltf.bufferViews;
+        ForEach.mesh(gltf, function (mesh) {
+            ForEach.meshPrimitive(mesh, function (primitive) {
+                var indices = primitive.indices;
+                if (defined(indices)) {
+                    var accessor = accessors[indices];
+                    var bufferViewId = accessor.bufferView;
+                    if (needsTarget[bufferViewId]) {
+                        var bufferView = bufferViews[bufferViewId];
+                        if (defined(bufferView)) {
+                            bufferView.target = WebGLConstants.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                ForEach.meshPrimitiveAttribute(primitive, function (accessorId) {
+                    var accessor = accessors[accessorId];
+                    var bufferViewId = accessor.bufferView;
+                    if (needsTarget[bufferViewId]) {
+                        var bufferView = bufferViews[bufferViewId];
+                        if (defined(bufferView)) {
+                            bufferView.target = WebGLConstants.ARRAY_BUFFER;
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Adds default glTF values if they don't exist.
  *
@@ -448,6 +490,7 @@ function addDefaults(gltf, options) {
     addDefaultTechnique(gltf);
     enableDiffuseTransparency(gltf);
     selectDefaultScene(gltf);
+    inferBufferViewTargets(gltf);
     if (options.optimizeForCesium) {
         optimizeForCesium(gltf);
     }
diff --git a/specs/lib/addDefaultsSpec.js b/specs/lib/addDefaultsSpec.js
index 99e270f5..080b253b 100644
--- a/specs/lib/addDefaultsSpec.js
+++ b/specs/lib/addDefaultsSpec.js
@@ -437,4 +437,39 @@ describe('addDefaults', function() {
 
        expect(gltf.scene).toEqual(0);
     });
+
+    it('infers missing bufferView targets', function() {
+        var gltf = {
+            accessors: [
+                {
+                    bufferView: 0
+                }, {
+                    bufferView: 1
+                }, {
+                    bufferView: 2
+                }
+            ],
+            bufferViews: [
+                {},
+                {},
+                {}
+            ],
+            meshes: [
+                {
+                    primitives: [
+                        {
+                            attributes: {
+                                POSITION: 0
+                            },
+                            indices: 1
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+            ]
+        };
+        addDefaults(gltf);
+        expect(gltf.bufferViews[0].target).toEqual(WebGLConstants.ARRAY_BUFFER);
+        expect(gltf.bufferViews[1].target).toEqual(WebGLConstants.ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER);
+        expect(gltf.bufferViews[2].target).not.toBeDefined();
+    });
 });