diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp
index 451e093aee..2a7f5948e4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/physicssystem.cpp
@@ -577,10 +577,28 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
                 float oldHeight = iter->first.getRefData().getPosition().pos[2];
 
+                bool waterCollision = false;
+                if (iter->first.getClass().getCreatureStats(iter->first).getMagicEffects()
+                        .get(ESM::MagicEffect::WaterWalking).mMagnitude
+                        && cell->hasWater()
+                        && !world->isUnderwater(iter->first.getCell(),
+                                               Ogre::Vector3(iter->first.getRefData().getPosition().pos)))
+                    waterCollision = true;
+
+                btStaticPlaneShape planeShape(btVector3(0,0,1), waterlevel);
+                btCollisionObject object;
+                object.setCollisionShape(&planeShape);
+
+                if (waterCollision)
+                    mEngine->dynamicsWorld->addCollisionObject(&object);
+
                 Ogre::Vector3 newpos = MovementSolver::move(iter->first, iter->second, mTimeAccum,
                                                             world->isFlying(iter->first),
                                                             waterlevel, mEngine);
 
+                if (waterCollision)
+                    mEngine->dynamicsWorld->removeCollisionObject(&object);
+
                 float heightDiff = newpos.z - oldHeight;
 
                 if (heightDiff < 0)