diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/creature.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/creature.cpp
index ec4eb07c87..d07138f1c6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/creature.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/creature.cpp
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ namespace MWLua
             [](const ESM::Creature& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mScript.serializeText(); });
         record["baseCreature"] = sol::readonly_property(
             [](const ESM::Creature& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mOriginal.serializeText(); });
+        record["soulValue"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Creature& rec) -> int { return rec.mData.mSoul; });
     }
 }
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
index 2ac02c1456..05224bb5c8 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/types.lua
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
 -- @field #string baseCreature Record id of a base creature, which was modified to create this one
 -- @field #string model VFS path to the creature's model
 -- @field #string mwscript
-
+-- @field #string soulValue The soul value of the creature record
 
 
 --- @{#NPC} functions