diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce530dfe3d..988106734b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
     Feature #7964: Add Lua read access to MW Dialogue records
     Feature #7971: Make save's Time Played value display hours instead of days
     Feature #7985: Support dark mode on Windows
+    Feature #8034: (Lua) Containers should have respawning/organic flags
     Task #5896: Do not use deprecated MyGUI properties
     Task #6085: Replace boost::filesystem with std::filesystem
     Task #6149: Dehardcode Lua API_REVISION
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp
index 332cf6ac2e..55f3e4a10e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@ namespace MWLua
         record["mwscript"] = sol::readonly_property(
             [](const ESM::Container& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mScript.serializeText(); });
         record["weight"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Container& rec) -> float { return rec.mWeight; });
+        record["isOrganic"] = sol::readonly_property(
+            [](const ESM::Container& rec) -> bool { return rec.mFlags & ESM::Container::Organic; });
+        record["isRespawning"] = sol::readonly_property(
+            [](const ESM::Container& rec) -> bool { return rec.mFlags & ESM::Container::Respawn; });
     }
 }
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
index 39a3df579a..1e0b486524 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
@@ -2109,7 +2109,8 @@
 -- @field #string model VFS path to the model
 -- @field #string mwscript MWScript on this container (can be empty)
 -- @field #number weight capacity of this container
-
+-- @field #boolean isOrganic Whether items can be placed in the container
+-- @field #boolean isRespawning Whether the container respawns its contents
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- @{#Door} functions