diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 4268a6b7e4..eb73f9ac5a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -1687,6 +1687,10 @@ namespace MWRender
 
             const float refScale = ptr.getCellRef().getScale();
             rootNode->setScale({ refScale, refScale, refScale });
+            const auto& rotation = ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().rot;
+            if (!ptr.getClass().isActor())
+                rootNode->setAttitude(osg::Quat(rotation[0], osg::Vec3(-1, 0, 0))
+                    * osg::Quat(rotation[1], osg::Vec3(0, -1, 0)) * osg::Quat(rotation[2], osg::Vec3(0, 0, -1)));
             rootNode->setPosition(ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().asVec3());
 
             osg::ref_ptr<Animation> animation = nullptr;