diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/LUPExhibitComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/LUPExhibitComponent.cpp
index 2680b0b2b..69315672a 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/LUPExhibitComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/LUPExhibitComponent.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ void LUPExhibitComponent::NextLUPExhibit() {
 }
 
 void LUPExhibitComponent::Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& outBitStream, bool bIsInitialUpdate) {
-	outBitStream.Write(m_DirtyLUPExhibit);
-	if (m_DirtyLUPExhibit) {
+	// LWOLUPExhibitComponent::Deserialize (0x00c63790) only learns the exhibit from this block, so a client the object
+	// comes into range of gets it too
+	const bool writeExhibit = bIsInitialUpdate || m_DirtyLUPExhibit;
+	outBitStream.Write(writeExhibit);
+	if (writeExhibit) {
 		outBitStream.Write(m_LUPExhibits[m_LUPExhibitIndex % m_LUPExhibits.size()]);
 		if (!bIsInitialUpdate) m_DirtyLUPExhibit = false;
 	}
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp
index b0e9b7970..2fc054ddb 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/ReplicaConstructionTests.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "InventoryComponent.h"
 #include "ItemComponent.h"
 #include "LevelProgressionComponent.h"
+#include "LUPExhibitComponent.h"
 #include "PlayerForcedMovementComponent.h"
 #include "Item.h"
 #include "ModelComponent.h"
@@ -370,6 +371,27 @@ TEST_F(ReplicaConstructionTest, AConstructionKeepsPendingLevelAndForcedMovementC
 	EXPECT_EQ(again.GetNumberOfBitsUsed(), 2u);
 }
 
+// The client learns the exhibit's LOT only from the component's block (LWOLUPExhibitComponent::Deserialize: a flag
+// and the LOT). DLU wrote it on a construction only while it was dirty, so a player who came into range after the
+// first update saw no exhibit until the next one was picked.
+TEST_F(ReplicaConstructionTest, LupExhibitConstructionAlwaysCarriesTheExhibit) {
+	Entity exhibit(1009, info);
+	auto* const component = exhibit.AddComponent<LUPExhibitComponent>(-1);
+
+	RakNet::BitStream update;
+	component->Serialize(update, false);
+	RakNet::BitStream idle;
+	component->Serialize(idle, false);
+	EXPECT_EQ(idle.GetNumberOfBitsUsed(), 1u);
+
+	RakNet::BitStream construction;
+	component->Serialize(construction, true);
+	RakNet::BitStream expected;
+	expected.Write1();
+	expected.Write<LOT>(11121);
+	ExpectSameBits(construction, expected);
+}
+
 // A guild change (docs/Guilds.md) is written once: the client reads guild id, a u8 length and 16-bit characters, and
 // redraws the name billboard every time it reads a name.
 TEST_F(ReplicaConstructionTest, CharacterGuildChangeIsWrittenOnce) {