diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/globalscripts.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/globalscripts.cpp
index 411a0ec13..3335f4415 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/globalscripts.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/globalscripts.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ namespace MWScript
 
             script.mRunning = iter->second.mRunning ? 1 : 0;
 
+            script.mTargetId = iter->second.mId;
+
             writer.startRecord (ESM::REC_GSCR);
             script.save (writer);
             writer.endRecord (ESM::REC_GSCR);
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ namespace MWScript
 
             iter->second.mRunning = script.mRunning!=0;
             iter->second.mLocals.read (script.mLocals, script.mId);
+            iter->second.mId = script.mTargetId;
 
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/components/esm/globalscript.cpp b/components/esm/globalscript.cpp
index dcbd91140..467fe54a1 100644
--- a/components/esm/globalscript.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/globalscript.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ void ESM::GlobalScript::load (ESMReader &esm)
 
     mRunning = 0;
     esm.getHNOT (mRunning, "RUN_");
+
+    mTargetId = esm.getHNOString ("TARG");
 }
 
 void ESM::GlobalScript::save (ESMWriter &esm) const
@@ -22,4 +24,6 @@ void ESM::GlobalScript::save (ESMWriter &esm) const
 
     if (mRunning)
         esm.writeHNT ("RUN_", mRunning);
+
+    esm.writeHNOString ("TARG", mTargetId);
 }
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diff --git a/components/esm/globalscript.hpp b/components/esm/globalscript.hpp
index 4fb8b7c48..43c859e09 100644
--- a/components/esm/globalscript.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/globalscript.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace ESM
         std::string mId;
         Locals mLocals;
         int mRunning;
+        std::string mTargetId; // for targeted scripts
 
         void load (ESMReader &esm);
         void save (ESMWriter &esm) const;