diff --git a/src/events.cpp b/src/events.cpp
index 5b39d7f54..69de8cca5 100755
--- a/src/events.cpp
+++ b/src/events.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
 EventManager staticEventManager;
 EventManager eventManager;
 
+void EventManager::CallOnRegister()
+{
+	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
+	{
+		handler->OnRegister();
+	}
+}
 
 bool EventManager::RegisterHandler(DStaticEventHandler* handler)
 {
diff --git a/src/events.h b/src/events.h
index 79c75023a..7608dfa1a 100755
--- a/src/events.h
+++ b/src/events.h
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ struct EventManager
 	~EventManager() { Shutdown(); }
 	bool ShouldCallStatic(bool forplay);
 
+	// for use after loading a savegame. The old handler explicitly reinstalled all handlers instead of doing a list deserialization which resulted in OnRegister being called even when a save was loaded.
+	void CallOnRegister();
 	// register
 	bool RegisterHandler(DStaticEventHandler* handler);
 	// unregister
diff --git a/src/p_saveg.cpp b/src/p_saveg.cpp
index 7421185ee..b7584bb1d 100644
--- a/src/p_saveg.cpp
+++ b/src/p_saveg.cpp
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ void FLevelLocals::Serialize(FSerializer &arc, bool hubload)
 	// [ZZ] serialize events
 	arc("firstevent", localEventManager->FirstEventHandler)
 		("lastevent", localEventManager->LastEventHandler);
+	localEventManager->CallOnRegister();
 	Thinkers.SerializeThinkers(arc, hubload);
 	arc("polyobjs", Polyobjects);
 	SerializeSubsectors(arc, "subsectors");