diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
index b333d106a..d24780ec1 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../mwrender/player.hpp"
 
 #include "../mwmechanics/movement.hpp"
+#include "../mwmechanics/npcstats.hpp"
 
 #include "world.hpp"
 #include "class.hpp"
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 {
     Player::Player (MWRender::Player *renderer, const ESM::NPC *player, MWWorld::World& world) :
       mCellStore (0), mRenderer (renderer), mWorld (world), mClass (0),
-      mAutoMove (false), mForwardBackward (0) , mDrawState(DrawState_Nothing)
+      mAutoMove (false), mForwardBackward (0)
     {
         mPlayer.base = player;
         mPlayer.ref.refID = "player";
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     void Player::setDrawState(const DrawState& value)
     {
-         mDrawState = value;
+         MWWorld::Ptr ptr = getPlayer();
+         MWWorld::Class::get(ptr).getNpcStats(ptr).mDrawState = value;
     }
 
     void Player::setAutoMove (bool enable)
@@ -94,4 +96,10 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
         MWWorld::Class::get (ptr).setStance (ptr, MWWorld::Class::Run, !running);
     }
+
+    DrawState Player::getDrawState()
+    {
+         MWWorld::Ptr ptr = getPlayer();
+         return MWWorld::Class::get(ptr).getNpcStats(ptr).mDrawState;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp
index f235140f8..8dcd9fcc6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
     class World;
 
     /// \brief NPC object representing the player and additional player data
-    class Player
+    class Player 
     {
         ESMS::LiveCellRef<ESM::NPC, MWWorld::RefData> mPlayer;
         MWWorld::Ptr::CellStore *mCellStore;
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ namespace MWWorld
         ESM::Class *mClass;
         bool mAutoMove;
         int mForwardBackward;
-        DrawState mDrawState;
     public:
 
         Player(MWRender::Player *renderer, const ESM::NPC *player, MWWorld::World& world);
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             return mAutoMove;
         }
 
-        DrawState getDrawState() { return mDrawState; }
+        DrawState getDrawState();
 
         void setAutoMove (bool enable);