diff --git a/components/esm/defs.hpp b/components/esm/defs.hpp
index bd86f9ba03..3dc498a639 100644
--- a/components/esm/defs.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/defs.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef OPENMW_ESM_DEFS_H
 #define OPENMW_ESM_DEFS_H
 
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1600
+#define OPENMW_ESM_ENABLE_CPP11_MOVE
+#define OPENMW_ESM_DEFINE_CPP11_MOVE_OPS(Class)	\
+	Class () {} \
+	Class (Class const & that) { copy (*this, that); } \
+	Class (Class && that) { move (*this, that); } \
+	Class & operator = (Class const & that) { copy (*this, that); return *this; } \
+	Class & operator = (Class && that) { move (*this, that); return *this; }
+#endif
+
 #include <libs/platform/stdint.h>
 
 namespace ESM
diff --git a/components/esm/loaddial.hpp b/components/esm/loaddial.hpp
index 61f3f763de..bb726b8557 100644
--- a/components/esm/loaddial.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loaddial.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 #include "loadinfo.hpp"
 
@@ -35,6 +36,41 @@ struct Dialogue
 
     void load(ESMReader &esm);
     void save(ESMWriter &esm);
+
+#ifdef OPENMW_ESM_ENABLE_CPP11_MOVE
+	OPENMW_ESM_DEFINE_CPP11_MOVE_OPS(Dialogue)
+
+	static void copy (Dialogue & d, Dialogue const & s)
+	{
+		d.mId   = s.mId;
+		d.mType = s.mType;
+		d.mInfo = s.mInfo;
+	}
+	static void move (Dialogue & d, Dialogue & s)
+	{
+		d.mId   = std::move (s.mId);
+		d.mType = std::move (s.mType);
+		d.mInfo = std::move (s.mInfo);
+	}
+#endif
 };
 }
+
+/*
+	custom swap to prevent memory allocations and deallocations for mId and mInfo
+	while sorting
+*/
+namespace std
+{
+	template <> inline
+	void swap <ESM::Dialogue> (ESM::Dialogue & Left, ESM::Dialogue & Right)
+	{
+#define _swp(id)	std::swap (Left.id,	Right.id);
+		_swp(mId);
+		_swp(mType);
+		_swp(mInfo);
+#undef  _swp
+	}
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/components/esm/loadinfo.hpp b/components/esm/loadinfo.hpp
index 2361ed9eb5..c7608ca866 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadinfo.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadinfo.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ struct DialInfo
     {
         std::string mSelectRule; // This has a complicated format
         Variant mValue;
+
+#ifdef OPENMW_ESM_ENABLE_CPP11_MOVE
+        OPENMW_ESM_DEFINE_CPP11_MOVE_OPS(SelectStruct)
+        
+        static void copy (SelectStruct & d, SelectStruct const & s)
+        {
+            d.mSelectRule   = s.mSelectRule;
+            d.mValue        = s.mValue;
+        }
+
+        static void move (SelectStruct & d, SelectStruct & s)
+        {
+            d.mSelectRule   = std::move (s.mSelectRule);
+            d.mValue        = std::move (s.mValue);
+        }
+#endif // OPENMW_ESM_ENABLE_CPP11_MOVE
     };
 
     // Journal quest indices (introduced with the quest system in Tribunal)
@@ -100,6 +116,50 @@ struct DialInfo
 
     void load(ESMReader &esm);
     void save(ESMWriter &esm);
+
+#ifdef OPENMW_ESM_ENABLE_CPP11_MOVE
+    OPENMW_ESM_DEFINE_CPP11_MOVE_OPS(DialInfo)
+
+    static void copy (DialInfo & d, DialInfo const & s)
+    {
+        d.mData             = s.mData;
+        d.mSelects          = s.mSelects;
+        d.mId               = s.mId;
+        d.mPrev             = s.mPrev;
+        d.mNext             = s.mNext;
+        d.mActor            = s.mActor;
+        d.mRace             = s.mRace;
+        d.mClass            = s.mClass;
+        d.mNpcFaction       = s.mNpcFaction;
+        d.mPcFaction        = s.mPcFaction;
+        d.mCell             = s.mCell;
+        d.mSound            = s.mSound;
+        d.mResponse         = s.mResponse;
+        d.mResultScript     = s.mResultScript;
+        d.mFactionLess      = s.mFactionLess;
+        d.mQuestStatus      = s.mQuestStatus;
+    }
+
+    static void move (DialInfo & d, DialInfo & s)
+    {
+        d.mData         = std::move (s.mData);
+        d.mSelects      = std::move (s.mSelects);
+        d.mId           = std::move (s.mId);
+        d.mPrev         = std::move (s.mPrev);
+        d.mNext         = std::move (s.mNext);
+        d.mActor        = std::move (s.mActor);
+        d.mRace         = std::move (s.mRace);
+        d.mClass        = std::move (s.mClass);
+        d.mNpcFaction   = std::move (s.mNpcFaction);
+        d.mPcFaction    = std::move (s.mPcFaction);
+        d.mCell         = std::move (s.mCell);
+        d.mSound        = std::move (s.mSound);
+        d.mResponse     = std::move (s.mResponse);
+        d.mResultScript = std::move (s.mResultScript);
+        d.mFactionLess  = std::move (s.mFactionLess);
+        d.mQuestStatus  = std::move (s.mQuestStatus);
+    }
+#endif // OPENMW_ESM_ENABLE_CPP11_MOVE
 };
 
 }