diff --git a/zone/entity.cpp b/zone/entity.cpp
index 344e79a04..03b4ccf5a 100644
--- a/zone/entity.cpp
+++ b/zone/entity.cpp
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ void EntityList::AddNPC(NPC *npc, bool SendSpawnPacket, bool dontqueue)
 
 	parse->EventNPC(EVENT_SPAWN, npc, nullptr, "", 0);
 
+	npc->FixZ();
+
 	uint16 emoteid = npc->GetEmoteID();
 	if (emoteid != 0)
 		npc->DoNPCEmote(ONSPAWN, emoteid);