diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Move/Move.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Move/Move.cs
index 33d8b6b579..072d665194 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Move/Move.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Activities/Move/Move.cs
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Activities
 			{
 				path.Add(nextCell.Value.First);
 
+				// If Mobile.Info.AlwaysConsiderTurnAsMove is true, we consider Turn as movement regardless of facing delta size.
+				// IsMoving is then set back to false in Turn.OnLastRun.
+				// This is needed for actors that want to display their movement animation during turns (walker units, for example).
+				mobile.IsMoving = mobile.Info.AlwaysConsiderTurnAsMove;
+
 				// HACK: To fix visual hiccups on actors with move animations during "L-turn to next part of movement" transitions
 				// or invisible mini-turns (due to less sprite facings than internal facings), we set IsMoving to  'true' during Turn activity
 				// when the facing delta is low enough to be covered with a single Turn tick.
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Mobile.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Mobile.cs
index 3adaa27067..d7c1bd96d9 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Mobile.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Mobile.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		[Desc("Speed at which the actor turns.")]
 		public readonly int TurnSpeed = 255;
 
+		[Desc("Should turning always be considering as moving (instead of only turning while moving forward).")]
+		public readonly bool AlwaysConsiderTurnAsMove = false;
+
 		public readonly int Speed = 1;
 
 		public readonly string Cursor = "move";