diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.cpp
index ccc9d1de6..d88eec71b 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.cpp
@@ -215,4 +215,27 @@ namespace MWClass
             ptr.get<ESM::Light>();
         return ref->mBase->mData.mWeight;
     }
+
+    std::pair<int, std::string> Light::canBeEquipped(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr, const MWWorld::Ptr &npc) const
+    {
+        MWWorld::InventoryStore& invStore = MWWorld::Class::get(npc).getInventoryStore(npc);
+        MWWorld::ContainerStoreIterator weapon = invStore.getSlot(MWWorld::InventoryStore::Slot_CarriedRight);
+
+        if(weapon == invStore.end())
+            return std::make_pair(1,"");
+
+        /// \todo the 2h check is repeated many times; put it in a function
+        if(weapon->getTypeName() == typeid(ESM::Weapon).name() &&
+                (weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::LongBladeTwoHand ||
+        weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::BluntTwoClose ||
+        weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::BluntTwoWide ||
+        weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::SpearTwoWide ||
+        weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::AxeTwoHand ||
+        weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::MarksmanBow ||
+        weapon->get<ESM::Weapon>()->mBase->mData.mType == ESM::Weapon::MarksmanCrossbow))
+        {
+            return std::make_pair(3,"");
+        }
+        return std::make_pair(1,"");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.hpp
index 7f747ef48..79d662763 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/light.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ namespace MWClass
             virtual float getWeight (const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr) const;
 
             virtual bool canSell (const MWWorld::Ptr& item, int npcServices) const;
+
+            std::pair<int, std::string> canBeEquipped(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr, const MWWorld::Ptr &npc) const;
     };
 }