diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp
index 1e7df15748..6469ac2115 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/magicbindings.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,39 @@
 #include "objectvariant.hpp"
 #include "worldview.hpp"
 
+namespace MWLua
+{
+    // class returned via 'types.Actor.spells(obj)' in Lua
+    struct ActorSpells
+    {
+        const ObjectVariant mActor;
+    };
+}
+
+namespace sol
+{
+    template <typename T>
+    struct is_automagical<typename MWWorld::Store<T>> : std::false_type
+    {
+    };
+    template <>
+    struct is_automagical<ESM::Spell> : std::false_type
+    {
+    };
+    template <>
+    struct is_automagical<ESM::ENAMstruct> : std::false_type
+    {
+    };
+    template <>
+    struct is_automagical<ESM::MagicEffect> : std::false_type
+    {
+    };
+    template <>
+    struct is_automagical<MWLua::ActorSpells> : std::false_type
+    {
+    };
+}
+
 namespace MWLua
 {
     sol::table initCoreMagicBindings(const Context& context)
@@ -182,12 +215,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         return LuaUtil::makeReadOnly(magicApi);
     }
 
-    // class returned via 'types.Actor.spells(obj)' in Lua
-    struct ActorSpells
-    {
-        const ObjectVariant mActor;
-    };
-
     void addActorMagicBindings(sol::table& actor, const Context& context)
     {
         const MWWorld::Store<ESM::Spell>* spellStore