diff --git a/components/esm/loadscpt.cpp b/components/esm/loadscpt.cpp
index fd807ddd3..67c1b8f6f 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadscpt.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadscpt.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "esmreader.hpp"
 #include "esmwriter.hpp"
 #include "defs.hpp"
+#include "util.hpp"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ namespace ESM
         mData = data.mData;
         mId = data.mName.toString();
 
+        // In scripts DELE sub-record appears after a header.
+        // The script data is following after DELE in this case.
+        mIsDeleted = readDeleSubRecord(esm);
+
         mVarNames.clear();
 
         while (esm.hasMoreSubs())
@@ -106,6 +111,11 @@ namespace ESM
 
         esm.writeHNT("SCHD", data, 52);
 
+        if (mIsDeleted)
+        {
+            writeDeleSubRecord(esm);
+        }
+
         if (!mVarNames.empty())
         {
             esm.startSubRecord("SCVR");
@@ -136,6 +146,8 @@ namespace ESM
             mScriptText = "Begin \"" + mId + "\"\n\nEnd " + mId + "\n";
         else
             mScriptText = "Begin " + mId + "\n\nEnd " + mId + "\n";
+
+        mIsDeleted = false;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp b/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp
index 56390f384..401dfe105 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ public:
     /// Script source code
     std::string mScriptText;
 
+    bool mIsDeleted;
+
     void load(ESMReader &esm);
     void save(ESMWriter &esm) const;