diff --git a/src/scripting/zscript/zcc_compile.cpp b/src/scripting/zscript/zcc_compile.cpp
index 2965357dd..421b27fb1 100644
--- a/src/scripting/zscript/zcc_compile.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/zscript/zcc_compile.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
 #include "codegeneration/codegen.h"
 #include "vmbuilder.h"
 
+#define DEFAULTS_VMEXPORT ((BYTE *)(void *)1)
+
 //==========================================================================
 //
 // ZCCCompiler :: ProcessClass
@@ -498,6 +500,26 @@ void ZCCCompiler::CreateClassTypes()
 				}
 				else
 				{
+					// The parent was the last native class in the inheritance tree.
+					// There is probably a better place for this somewhere else
+					// TODO: Do this somewhere else or find a less hackish way to do it
+					if (!parent->bRuntimeClass)
+					{
+						//assert(parent->VMExported != nullptr); // Ideally the macro would be used on all inheritable-native classes
+						/**/ if (parent->VMExported != nullptr) { /**/ // remove the if condition when all done
+
+						parent = parent->VMExported;
+						assert(parent->bRuntimeClass == false);
+
+						if (parent->Defaults == nullptr)
+						{
+							// We have to manually do that since zscript knows nothing about these
+							parent->Defaults = DEFAULTS_VMEXPORT;
+						}
+
+						/**/ } /**/
+					}
+
 					// We will never get here if the name is a duplicate, so we can just do the assignment.
 					c->cls->Type = parent->FindClassTentative(c->NodeName());
 				}
@@ -1887,6 +1909,16 @@ void ZCCCompiler::InitDefaults()
 			{
 				// Copy the parent's defaults and meta data.
 				auto ti = static_cast<PClassActor *>(c->Type());
+
+				// Hack for the DVMObjects as they weren't in the list originally
+				// TODO: process them in a non hackish way obviously
+				if (ti->ParentClass->Defaults == DEFAULTS_VMEXPORT)
+				{
+					ti->ParentClass->Defaults = nullptr;
+					static_cast<PClassActor *>(ti->ParentClass)->InitializeNativeDefaults();
+					ti->ParentClass->ParentClass->DeriveData(ti->ParentClass);
+				}
+
 				ti->InitializeNativeDefaults();
 				ti->ParentClass->DeriveData(ti);
 
@@ -2239,6 +2271,20 @@ void ZCCCompiler::CompileStates()
 			if (c->States.Size()) Error(c->cls, "%s: States can only be defined for actors.", c->Type()->TypeName.GetChars());
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		// Same here, hack in the DVMObject as they weren't in the list originally
+		// TODO: process them in a non hackish way obviously
+		if (c->Type()->bRuntimeClass == true && c->Type()->ParentClass->bRuntimeClass == false)
+		{
+			auto vmtype = static_cast<PClassActor *>(c->Type()->ParentClass);
+			if (vmtype->StateList == nullptr)
+			{
+				FStateDefinitions vmstates;
+				vmstates.MakeStateDefines(dyn_cast<PClassActor>(vmtype->ParentClass));
+				vmtype->Finalize(vmstates);
+			}
+		}
+
 		FString statename;	// The state builder wants the label as one complete string, not separated into tokens.
 		FStateDefinitions statedef;
 		statedef.MakeStateDefines(dyn_cast<PClassActor>(c->Type()->ParentClass));