diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 4edfdf93c7..489b94a80a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -5734,6 +5734,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             "EveryoneMask", 
             "NextOwnerMask", 
             "Flags", 
+            "LocalFlags",
             "CollisionSound", 
             "CollisionSoundVolume", 
             "MediaUrl", 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
index 415be99c69..4189c1fc88 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/Serialization/SceneObjectSerializer.cs
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
             m_SOPXmlProcessors.Add("ParticleSystem", ProcessParticleSystem);
 
             //SYMMETRIC SYNC
+            m_SOPXmlProcessors.Add("LocalFlags", ProcessLocalFlags);
             //m_SOPXmlProcessors.Add("LastUpdateTimeStamp", ProcessUpdateTimeStamp);
             //m_SOPXmlProcessors.Add("LastUpdateActorID", ProcessLastUpdateActorID);
             m_SOPXmlProcessors.Add("BucketSyncInfoList", ProcessBucketSyncInfo);
@@ -713,7 +714,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
         {
             obj.LastUpdateActorID = reader.ReadElementContentAsString("LastUpdateActorID", string.Empty);
         }
-         * */ 
+         * */
+
+        private static void ProcessLocalFlags(SceneObjectPart obj, XmlTextReader reader)
+        {
+            obj.LocalFlags = Util.ReadEnum<PrimFlags>(reader, "LocalFlags");
+        }
 
         public static void ProcessBucketSyncInfo(SceneObjectPart obj, XmlTextReader reader)
         {
@@ -1236,8 +1242,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization
             writer.WriteElementString("EveryoneMask", sop.EveryoneMask.ToString());
             writer.WriteElementString("NextOwnerMask", sop.NextOwnerMask.ToString());
             //SYMMETRIC SYNC: also serialize SceneObjectPart:LocalFlags, so that it can be propogated across actors
-            //WriteFlags(writer, "Flags", sop.Flags.ToString(), options);
-            WriteFlags(writer, "Flags", sop.GetEffectiveObjectFlags().ToString(), options);
+            WriteFlags(writer, "Flags", sop.Flags.ToString(), options);
+            WriteFlags(writer, "LocalFlags", sop.LocalFlags.ToString(), options);
+            //writer.WriteElementString("Flags", sop.Flags.ToString());
+            //writer.WriteElementString("LocalFlags", sop.Flags.ToString());
             //end SYMMETRIC SYNC
             WriteUUID(writer, "CollisionSound", sop.CollisionSound, options);
             writer.WriteElementString("CollisionSoundVolume", sop.CollisionSoundVolume.ToString());