diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index a5f7b6e57..ec1efb083 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+November 27, 2009  (Changes by Graf Zahl)
+- fixed: The charge attack of Heretic's imp is not precisely the same
+  as A_SkullAttack with a different speed so A_ImpMsAttack has been
+  reinstated.
+
 November 25, 2009
 - Make the palette indexes used by FRemapTable subject to the global remap
   table, just as the images they translate are.
diff --git a/src/g_doom/a_lostsoul.cpp b/src/g_doom/a_lostsoul.cpp
index c648afaba..b6c2ee067 100644
--- a/src/g_doom/a_lostsoul.cpp
+++ b/src/g_doom/a_lostsoul.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 // SkullAttack
 // Fly at the player like a missile.
 //
-#define SKULLSPEED (20*FRACUNIT)
 
 void A_SkullAttack(AActor *self, fixed_t speed)
 {
@@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION_PARAMS(AActor, A_SkullAttack)
 	A_SkullAttack(self, n);
 }
 
-
-
 DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(AActor, A_BetaSkullAttack)
 {
 	int damage;
diff --git a/src/g_doom/a_painelemental.cpp b/src/g_doom/a_painelemental.cpp
index bf0d0501b..c52137919 100644
--- a/src/g_doom/a_painelemental.cpp
+++ b/src/g_doom/a_painelemental.cpp
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ static const PClass *GetSpawnType(DECLARE_PARAMINFO)
 }
 
 
-#define SKULLSPEED (20*FRACUNIT)
-void A_SkullAttack(AActor *self, fixed_t speed);
-
 //
 // A_PainShootSkull
 // Spawn a lost soul and launch it at the target
diff --git a/src/g_heretic/a_hereticimp.cpp b/src/g_heretic/a_hereticimp.cpp
index b2c92426e..221fe49fb 100644
--- a/src/g_heretic/a_hereticimp.cpp
+++ b/src/g_heretic/a_hereticimp.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,26 @@
 #include "thingdef/thingdef.h"
 */
 
+static FRandom pr_impmsatk ("ImpMsAttack");
 static FRandom pr_imp ("ImpExplode");
 
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// PROC A_ImpMsAttack
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(AActor, A_ImpMsAttack)
+{
+    if (!self->target || pr_impmsatk() > 64)
+    {
+        self->SetState (self->SeeState);
+        return;
+    }
+	A_SkullAttack(self, 12 * FRACUNIT);
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 // PROC A_ImpExplode
diff --git a/src/p_enemy.h b/src/p_enemy.h
index ae259806a..a7386ccf5 100644
--- a/src/p_enemy.h
+++ b/src/p_enemy.h
@@ -76,4 +76,7 @@ bool CheckBossDeath (AActor *);
 int P_Massacre ();
 bool P_CheckMissileRange (AActor *actor);
 
+#define SKULLSPEED (20*FRACUNIT)
+void A_SkullAttack(AActor *self, fixed_t speed);
+
 #endif //__P_ENEMY_H__
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/actors/heretic/hereticimp.txt b/wadsrc/static/actors/heretic/hereticimp.txt
index 1d663b662..25f64a2ea 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/actors/heretic/hereticimp.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/actors/heretic/hereticimp.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ACTOR HereticImp 66
 	Obituary "$OB_HERETICIMP"
 	HitObituary "$OB_HERETICIMPHIT"
 	
+	action native A_ImpMsAttack();
 	action native A_ImpDeath();
 	action native A_ImpXDeath1();
 	action native A_ImpExplode();
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ ACTOR HereticImp 66
 		Goto See
 	Missile:
 		IMPX A 10 A_FaceTarget
-		IMPX B 6 A_SkullAttack(12)
+		IMPX B 6 A_ImpMsAttack
 		IMPX CBAB 6
 		Goto Missile+2
 	Pain: