diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/weaponanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/weaponanimation.cpp
index 5f953bd83..cd9ae16b8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/weaponanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/weaponanimation.cpp
@@ -150,9 +150,19 @@ void WeaponAnimation::pitchSkeleton(float xrot, Ogre::SkeletonInstance* skel)
         return;
 
     float pitch = xrot * mPitchFactor;
-    Ogre::Node *node = skel->getBone("Bip01 Spine2");
+    Ogre::Node *node;
+
+    // In spherearcher.nif, we have spine, not Spine. Not sure if all bone names should be case insensitive?
+    if (skel->hasBone("Bip01 spine2"))
+        node = skel->getBone("Bip01 spine2");
+    else
+        node = skel->getBone("Bip01 Spine2");
     node->pitch(Ogre::Radian(-pitch/2), Ogre::Node::TS_WORLD);
-    node = skel->getBone("Bip01 Spine1");
+
+    if (skel->hasBone("Bip01 spine1")) // in spherearcher.nif
+        node = skel->getBone("Bip01 spine1");
+    else
+        node = skel->getBone("Bip01 Spine1");
     node->pitch(Ogre::Radian(-pitch/2), Ogre::Node::TS_WORLD);
 }