diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index 14ba32a524..8767e17ce7 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Traits\ThrowsParticle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Tooltip.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\TransformOnCapture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\TransformCrusherOnCrush.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Transforms.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Turreted.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\ProducibleWithLevel.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/TransformCrusherOnCrush.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/TransformCrusherOnCrush.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1277fd55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/TransformCrusherOnCrush.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2018 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using OpenRA.Mods.Common.Activities;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
+{
+	[Desc("Put this on the actor that gets crushed to replace the crusher with a new actor.")]
+	public class TransformCrusherOnCrushInfo : ITraitInfo
+	{
+		[ActorReference, FieldLoader.Require] public readonly string IntoActor = null;
+
+		public readonly bool SkipMakeAnims = true;
+
+		public readonly HashSet<string> CrushClasses = new HashSet<string>();
+
+		public virtual object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new TransformCrusherOnCrush(init, this); }
+	}
+
+	public class TransformCrusherOnCrush : INotifyCrushed
+	{
+		readonly TransformCrusherOnCrushInfo info;
+		readonly string faction;
+
+		public TransformCrusherOnCrush(ActorInitializer init, TransformCrusherOnCrushInfo info)
+		{
+			this.info = info;
+			faction = init.Contains<FactionInit>() ? init.Get<FactionInit, string>() : init.Self.Owner.Faction.InternalName;
+		}
+
+		void INotifyCrushed.WarnCrush(Actor self, Actor crusher, HashSet<string> crushClasses) { }
+
+		void INotifyCrushed.OnCrush(Actor self, Actor crusher, HashSet<string> crushClasses)
+		{
+			if (!info.CrushClasses.Overlaps(crushClasses))
+				return;
+
+			var facing = crusher.TraitOrDefault<IFacing>();
+			var transform = new Transform(crusher, info.IntoActor) { Faction = faction };
+			if (facing != null)
+				transform.Facing = facing.Facing;
+
+			transform.SkipMakeAnims = info.SkipMakeAnims;
+			if (crusher.CancelActivity())
+				crusher.QueueActivity(transform);
+		}
+	}
+}