diff --git a/src/p_user.c b/src/p_user.c
index 4413cc6cd..95d748e99 100644
--- a/src/p_user.c
+++ b/src/p_user.c
@@ -2016,6 +2016,8 @@ mobj_t *P_SpawnGhostMobj(mobj_t *mobj)
 {
 	mobj_t *ghost = P_SpawnMobj(mobj->x, mobj->y, mobj->z, MT_GHOST);
 
+	P_SetTarget(&ghost->target, mobj);
+
 	P_SetScale(ghost, mobj->scale);
 	ghost->destscale = mobj->scale;