diff --git a/dGame/Entity.cpp b/dGame/Entity.cpp
index c4c83ea2f..0eb73ec23 100644
--- a/dGame/Entity.cpp
+++ b/dGame/Entity.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 #include "CollectibleComponent.h"
 #include "ItemComponent.h"
 #include "MinifigComponent.h"
+#include "SoundAmbient2DComponent.h"
 #include "SoundRepeaterComponent.h"
 #include "GhostComponent.h"
 #include "AchievementVendorComponent.h"
@@ -938,6 +939,12 @@ void Entity::Initialize() {
 			if (id > -1) AddComponent<SoundRepeaterComponent>(id);
 			break;
 		}
+		case eReplicaComponentType::SOUND_AMBIENT_2D: {
+			// LWOSoundAmbient2DComponent: the client makes it from the registry
+			const auto id = compRegistryTable->GetByIDAndType(m_TemplateID, eReplicaComponentType::SOUND_AMBIENT_2D, -1);
+			if (id > -1) AddComponent<SoundAmbient2DComponent>(id);
+			break;
+		}
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/SoundAmbient2DComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/SoundAmbient2DComponent.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22613429e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/SoundAmbient2DComponent.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef SOUNDAMBIENT2DCOMPONENT_H
+#define SOUNDAMBIENT2DCOMPONENT_H
+
+#include "Component.h"
+#include "eReplicaComponentType.h"
+
+/**
+ * A 2D ambient sound the client plays, as the client's LWOSoundAmbient2DComponent; the server sends nothing for it.
+ */
+class SoundAmbient2DComponent final : public Component {
+public:
+	static constexpr eReplicaComponentType ComponentType = eReplicaComponentType::SOUND_AMBIENT_2D;
+
+	SoundAmbient2DComponent(Entity* parent, const int32_t componentID) : Component(parent, componentID) {}
+};
+
+#endif // SOUNDAMBIENT2DCOMPONENT_H