diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp
index 15163d7a2..133607797 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include "OgreCamera.h"
 #include "OgreTextureManager.h"
 
+#include "../mwworld/world.hpp" // these includes can be removed once the static-hack is gone
+#include "../mwworld/ptr.hpp"
+#include <components/esm/loadstat.hpp>
+
 using namespace MWRender;
 using namespace Ogre;
 
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ MWScene::MWScene(OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer &_rend)
   mRaySceneQuery = rend.getScene()->createRayQuery(Ray());
 }
 
-std::pair<std::string, float> MWScene::getFacedHandle()
+std::pair<std::string, float> MWScene::getFacedHandle (MWWorld::World& world)
 {
     std::string handle = "";
     float distance = -1;
@@ -57,10 +61,14 @@ std::pair<std::string, float> MWScene::getFacedHandle()
     {
         // there seem to be omnipresent objects like the caelum sky dom,
         // the distance of these objects is always 0 so this if excludes these
-        // TODO: Check if the object can be focused (ignore walls etc..
-        // in this state of openmw not possible)
         if ( itr->movable && itr->distance >= 0.1)
         {
+            // horrible hack to exclude statics. this must be removed as soon as a replacement for the
+            // AABB raycasting is implemented (we should not ignore statics)
+            MWWorld::Ptr ptr = world.getPtrViaHandle (itr->movable->getParentSceneNode()->getName());
+            if (ptr.getType()==typeid (ESM::Static))
+                break;
+
             if ( nearest == result.end() )  //if no object is set
             {
                 nearest = itr;
@@ -80,4 +88,3 @@ std::pair<std::string, float> MWScene::getFacedHandle()
 
     return std::pair<std::string, float>(handle, distance);
 }
-
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.hpp
index ce04efc92..9d2a51bae 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ namespace Ogre
     class RaySceneQuery;
 }
 
+namespace MWWorld
+{
+    class World;
+}
+
 namespace MWRender
 {
   /** Class responsible for Morrowind-specific interfaces to OGRE.
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ namespace MWRender
     //pair<name, distance>
     //name is empty and distance = -1 if there is no object which
     //can be faced
-    std::pair<std::string, float> getFacedHandle();
+    std::pair<std::string, float> getFacedHandle (MWWorld::World& world);
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
index 2c8c4a542..24f01e5a7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     std::string World::getFacedHandle()
     {
-        std::pair<std::string, float> result = mScene.getFacedHandle();
+        std::pair<std::string, float> result = mScene.getFacedHandle (*this);
 
         if (result.first.empty() ||
             result.second>getStore().gameSettings.find ("iMaxActivateDist")->i)