diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index ea3e7b7ee..c9be3bdcb 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -738,7 +738,9 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         mViewer->getCamera()->accept(*createIntersectionVisitor(intersector, ignorePlayer, ignoreActors));
 
-        return getIntersectionResult(intersector);
+        RayResult result = getIntersectionResult(intersector);
+        result.mDistanceToFirstIntersection = maxDistance * intersector->getFirstIntersection().ratio;
+        return result;
     }
 
     void RenderingManager::updatePtr(const MWWorld::Ptr &old, const MWWorld::Ptr &updated)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
index ebe75d39b..3345d121f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ namespace MWRender
             osg::Vec3f mHitNormalWorld;
             osg::Vec3f mHitPointWorld;
             MWWorld::Ptr mHitObject;
+            float mDistanceToFirstIntersection;
         };
 
         RayResult castRay(const osg::Vec3f& origin, const osg::Vec3f& dest, bool ignorePlayer, bool ignoreActors=false);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 6915a389c..5b156cba0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "worldimp.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
 
 #include <osg/Group>
 #include <osg/ComputeBoundsVisitor>
@@ -1023,15 +1024,16 @@ namespace MWWorld
             telekinesisRangeBonus = feetToGameUnits(telekinesisRangeBonus);
 
             float activationDistance = getMaxActivationDistance() + telekinesisRangeBonus;
+            float distanceToObject;
 
-            facedObject = getFacedObject(activationDistance);
+            facedObject = getFacedObject(activationDistance, distanceToObject, true);
 
             // Not allowing telekinesis on actors, on doors that teleport to other cells, or on activators
             // Original engine doesn't allow telekinesis on books or lights, either
-            if (!facedObject.isEmpty() && !facedObject.getClass().isActor() && !facedObject.getCellRef().getTeleport() && facedObject.getClass().getTypeName() != "struct ESM::Activator")
-                 return facedObject;
-            else
-                facedObject = getFacedObject(getMaxActivationDistance());
+            if (!facedObject.isEmpty() && (facedObject.getClass().isActor()
+                || facedObject.getCellRef().getTeleport() || facedObject.getClass().getTypeName() == "struct ESM::Activator")
+                && (distanceToObject > getMaxActivationDistance()))
+                return 0;
         }
 
         return facedObject;
@@ -1731,6 +1733,31 @@ namespace MWWorld
             return mRendering->castCameraToViewportRay(0.5f, 0.5f, maxDistance, ignorePlayer).mHitObject;
         }
     }
+    
+    MWWorld::Ptr World::getFacedObject(float maxDistance, float& distance, bool ignorePlayer)
+    {
+        maxDistance += mRendering->getCameraDistance();
+        MWWorld::Ptr facedObject;
+
+        if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->isGuiMode())
+        {
+            float x, y;
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->getMousePosition(x, y);
+            MWRender::RenderingManager::RayResult rayToObject = mRendering->castCameraToViewportRay(x, y, maxDistance, ignorePlayer);
+            facedObject = rayToObject.mHitObject;
+            if (!facedObject.isEmpty())
+                distance = rayToObject.mDistanceToFirstIntersection;
+            return facedObject;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            MWRender::RenderingManager::RayResult rayToObject = mRendering->castCameraToViewportRay(0.5f, 0.5f, maxDistance, ignorePlayer);
+            facedObject = rayToObject.mHitObject;
+            if (!facedObject.isEmpty())
+                distance = rayToObject.mDistanceToFirstIntersection;
+            return facedObject;
+        }
+    }
 
     bool World::isCellExterior() const
     {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
index 7af632d23..d5c3c7815 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
@@ -127,7 +127,13 @@ namespace MWWorld
             void updateSoundListener();
             void updateWindowManager ();
             void updatePlayer(bool paused);
+
+            /// Return faced object
             MWWorld::Ptr getFacedObject(float maxDistance, bool ignorePlayer=true);
+
+            /// Return faced object and distance from player to it
+            MWWorld::Ptr getFacedObject(float maxDistance, float& distanceToObject, bool ignorePlayer=true);
+
     public: // FIXME
             void removeContainerScripts(const Ptr& reference);
     private: