diff --git a/include/vsg/app/View.h b/include/vsg/app/View.h
index 5f31e37b3a..6d018bfb79 100644
--- a/include/vsg/app/View.h
+++ b/include/vsg/app/View.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ namespace vsg
         /// override states for customization of graphics pipelines for this view
         GraphicsPipelineStates overridePipelineStates;
 
+        // abstract class to notify that the window is resized
+        virtual void resize() {};
+
     protected:
         virtual ~View();
     };
diff --git a/src/vsg/app/WindowResizeHandler.cpp b/src/vsg/app/WindowResizeHandler.cpp
index b28f94371f..c42a3dab5a 100644
--- a/src/vsg/app/WindowResizeHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/vsg/app/WindowResizeHandler.cpp
@@ -183,4 +183,7 @@ void WindowResizeHandler::apply(vsg::View& view)
     view.traverse(*this);
 
     context->defaultPipelineStates.pop_back();
+
+    // Notify the view about the resize
+    view.resize();
 }