diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.cpp
index 53dd34bb4..ea586e5b6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 
 #include <components/esm/loadlevlist.hpp>
 
+#include "../mwmechanics/levelledlist.hpp"
+
+#include "../mwworld/customdata.hpp"
+
+namespace
+{
+    struct CustomData : public MWWorld::CustomData
+    {
+        // TODO: save the creature we spawned here
+        virtual MWWorld::CustomData *clone() const;
+    };
+
+    MWWorld::CustomData *CustomData::clone() const
+    {
+        return new CustomData (*this);
+    }
+}
+
 namespace MWClass
 {
     std::string CreatureLevList::getName (const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr) const
@@ -16,4 +34,33 @@ namespace MWClass
 
         registerClass (typeid (ESM::CreatureLevList).name(), instance);
     }
+
+    void CreatureLevList::insertObjectRendering(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr, MWRender::RenderingInterface &renderingInterface) const
+    {
+        ensureCustomData(ptr);
+    }
+
+    void CreatureLevList::ensureCustomData(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr) const
+    {
+        if (!ptr.getRefData().getCustomData())
+        {
+            std::auto_ptr<CustomData> data (new CustomData);
+
+            MWWorld::LiveCellRef<ESM::CreatureLevList> *ref =
+                ptr.get<ESM::CreatureLevList>();
+
+            std::string id = MWMechanics::getLevelledItem(ref->mBase, true);
+
+            if (!id.empty())
+            {
+                const MWWorld::ESMStore& store = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore();
+                MWWorld::ManualRef ref(store, id);
+                ref.getPtr().getCellRef().mPos = ptr.getCellRef().mPos;
+                // TODO: hold on to this for respawn purposes later
+                MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->safePlaceObject(ref.getPtr(), *ptr.getCell() , ptr.getCellRef().mPos);
+            }
+
+            ptr.getRefData().setCustomData(data.release());
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.hpp
index 81965efd5..d2c02043e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/creaturelevlist.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ namespace MWClass
 {
     class CreatureLevList : public MWWorld::Class
     {
+        void ensureCustomData (const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr) const;
+
         public:
 
             virtual std::string getName (const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr) const;
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@ namespace MWClass
             /// can return an empty string.
 
             static void registerSelf();
+
+            virtual void insertObjectRendering (const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr, MWRender::RenderingInterface& renderingInterface) const;
+            ///< Add reference into a cell for rendering
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/levelledlist.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/levelledlist.hpp
index d65503011..120616f9f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/levelledlist.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/levelledlist.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "../mwworld/class.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/world.hpp"
 #include "../mwbase/environment.hpp"
+#include "../mwmechanics/creaturestats.hpp"
 
 namespace MWMechanics
 {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
index 3607b8276..0d5fb0560 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ namespace MWWorld
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mContainers, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mDoors, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mIngreds, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
-        insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mCreatureLists, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mItemLists, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mLights, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mLockpicks, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
@@ -499,6 +498,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
         // Load NPCs and creatures _after_ everything else (important for adjustPosition to work correctly)
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mCreatures, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
         insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mNpcs, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
+        // Since this adds additional creatures, load afterwards, or they would be loaded twice
+        insertCellRefList(mRendering, cell.mCreatureLists, cell, *mPhysics, rescale, loadingListener);
     }
 
     void Scene::addObjectToScene (const Ptr& ptr)