diff --git a/dGame/Entity.cpp b/dGame/Entity.cpp
index 37ac00789..84f037130 100644
--- a/dGame/Entity.cpp
+++ b/dGame/Entity.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include "CollectibleComponent.h"
 #include "ItemComponent.h"
 #include "MinifigComponent.h"
+#include "ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent.h"
 #include "CustomBuildAssemblyComponent.h"
 #include "PackageComponent.h"
 #include "ChoiceBuildComponent.h"
@@ -1057,6 +1058,12 @@ void Entity::Initialize() {
 			if (id > -1) AddComponent<CustomBuildAssemblyComponent>(id);
 			break;
 		}
+		case eReplicaComponentType::SHOWCASE_MODEL_HANDLER: {
+			// LWOShowcaseModelHandlerComponent: the client makes it from the registry
+			const auto id = compRegistryTable->GetByIDAndType(m_TemplateID, eReplicaComponentType::SHOWCASE_MODEL_HANDLER, -1);
+			if (id > -1) AddComponent<ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent>(id);
+			break;
+		}
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37a77638a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef SHOWCASEMODELHANDLERCOMPONENT_H
+#define SHOWCASEMODELHANDLERCOMPONENT_H
+
+#include "Component.h"
+#include "eReplicaComponentType.h"
+
+/**
+ * Showcase model handler, as the client's LWOShowcaseModelHandlerComponent makes it from the registry. Nothing of it is sent or done on the server yet.
+ */
+class ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent final : public Component {
+public:
+	static constexpr eReplicaComponentType ComponentType = eReplicaComponentType::SHOWCASE_MODEL_HANDLER;
+
+	ShowcaseModelHandlerComponent(Entity* parent, const int32_t componentID) : Component(parent, componentID) {}
+};
+
+#endif // SHOWCASEMODELHANDLERCOMPONENT_H