diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/osdcmds.c b/polymer/eduke32/source/osdcmds.c
index 5bc150081..90b6e2901 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/osdcmds.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/osdcmds.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ struct cvarmappings {
         { "showfps", "showfps: show the frame rate counter", (void*)&ud.tickrate, CVAR_BOOL, 0 },
         { "showcoords", "showcoords: show your position in the game world", (void*)&ud.coords, CVAR_BOOL, 0 },
         { "useprecache", "useprecache: enable/disable the pre-level caching routine", (void*)&useprecache, CVAR_BOOL, 0 },
-        { "drawweapon", "drawweapon: enable/disable weapon drawing", (void*)&ud.drawweapon, CVAR_BOOL, 0 },
+        { "drawweapon", "drawweapon: enable/disable weapon drawing", (void*)&ud.drawweapon, CVAR_INT, 0 },
         { "name", "name: change your multiplayer nickname", (void*)&myname[0], CVAR_STRING, sizeof(myname) }
     };