diff --git a/components/esm/player.cpp b/components/esm/player.cpp
index 13602fb67..d5ddc74d0 100644
--- a/components/esm/player.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/player.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ void ESM::Player::load (ESMReader &esm)
 
     mAutoMove = 0;
     esm.getHNOT (mAutoMove, "AMOV");
+
+    mBirthsign = esm.getHNString ("SIGN");
 }
 
 void ESM::Player::save (ESMWriter &esm) const
@@ -41,4 +43,6 @@ void ESM::Player::save (ESMWriter &esm) const
 
     if (mAutoMove)
         esm.writeHNT ("AMOV", mAutoMove);
+
+    esm.writeHNString ("SIGN", mBirthsign);
 }
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diff --git a/components/esm/player.hpp b/components/esm/player.hpp
index 3f7db17f7..bd618457e 100644
--- a/components/esm/player.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/player.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace ESM
         ESM::Position mMarkedPosition;
         CellId mMarkedCell;
         unsigned char mAutoMove;
+        std::string mBirthsign;
 
         void load (ESMReader &esm);
         void save (ESMWriter &esm) const;