diff --git a/OpenSim/OpenSim.RegionServer/world/AvatarAnimations.cs b/OpenSim/OpenSim.RegionServer/world/AvatarAnimations.cs
index adf49f2895..f4c50a724a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/OpenSim.RegionServer/world/AvatarAnimations.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/OpenSim.RegionServer/world/AvatarAnimations.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using libsecondlife;
+using System.Xml;
 
 namespace OpenSim.world
 {
@@ -18,6 +19,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.world
         public void LoadAnims()
         {
             OpenSim.Framework.Console.MainConsole.Instance.WriteLine(OpenSim.Framework.Console.LogPriority.LOW,"Avatar.cs:LoadAnims() - Loading avatar animations");
+            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("data/avataranimations.xml");
+            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
+            doc.Load(reader);
+
+            foreach (XmlNode nod in doc.FirstChild.ChildNodes)
+            {
+                if (nod.Attributes["name"] != null)
+                {
+                    AnimsLLUUID.Add(nod.Attributes["name"], nod.Value);
+                }
+            }
+
+            reader.Close();
+
+            OpenSim.Framework.Console.MainConsole.Instance.WriteLine(OpenSim.Framework.Console.LogPriority.LOW,"Loaded " + AnimsLLUUID.Count.ToString() + " animation(s)");
 
             foreach (KeyValuePair<string, LLUUID> kp in OpenSim.world.Avatar.Animations.AnimsLLUUID)
             {