diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
index 6be1dbc97..e27c0b585 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
@@ -809,6 +809,13 @@ namespace MWWorld
             mPreloader->preload(cell, mRendering.getReferenceTime());
     }
 
+    void Scene::preloadTerrain(const osg::Vec3f &pos)
+    {
+        std::vector<osg::Vec3f> vec;
+        vec.push_back(pos);
+        mPreloader->setTerrainPreloadPositions(vec);
+    }
+
     struct ListFastTravelDestinationsVisitor
     {
         ListFastTravelDestinationsVisitor(float preloadDist, const osg::Vec3f& playerPos)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.hpp
index 82b8dcaba..f3c2d31ca 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.hpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             ~Scene();
 
             void preloadCell(MWWorld::CellStore* cell, bool preloadSurrounding=false);
+            void preloadTerrain(const osg::Vec3f& pos);
 
             void unloadCell (CellStoreCollection::iterator iter);
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 9d3110a67..851b02ba8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             case ESM::REC_PLAY:
                 mPlayer->readRecord(reader, type);
                 mWorldScene->preloadCell(getPlayerPtr().getCell(), true);
+                mWorldScene->preloadTerrain(getPlayerPtr().getRefData().getPosition().asVec3());
                 break;
             default:
                 if (!mStore.readRecord (reader, type) &&