diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithSpriteTurret.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithSpriteTurret.cs
index ca02eba0ba..abfcaa4be1 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithSpriteTurret.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithSpriteTurret.cs
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits.Render
 			var t = init.Actor.TraitInfos<TurretedInfo>()
 				.First(tt => tt.Turret == Turret);
 
-			var turretFacing = Turreted.GetInitialTurretFacing(init, t.InitialFacing, Turret);
-			var anim = new Animation(init.World, image, () => turretFacing);
+			var turretFacing = Turreted.TurretFacingFromInit(init, t.InitialFacing, Turret);
+			var anim = new Animation(init.World, image, turretFacing);
 			anim.Play(RenderSprites.NormalizeSequence(anim, init.GetDamageState(), Sequence));
 
 			Func<int> facing = init.GetFacing();
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelBarrel.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelBarrel.cs
index 73059f38cb..4a3ed257f9 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelBarrel.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelBarrel.cs
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits.Render
 
 			var voxel = VoxelProvider.GetVoxel(image, Sequence);
 
-			var turretFacing = Turreted.GetInitialTurretFacing(init, t.InitialFacing, t.Turret);
-			Func<WRot> turretOrientation = () => body.QuantizeOrientation(WRot.FromYaw(WAngle.FromFacing(turretFacing) - orientation().Yaw), facings);
+			var turretFacing = Turreted.TurretFacingFromInit(init, t.InitialFacing, t.Turret);
+			Func<WRot> turretOrientation = () => body.QuantizeOrientation(WRot.FromYaw(WAngle.FromFacing(turretFacing()) - orientation().Yaw), facings);
 
 			Func<WRot> quantizedTurret = () => body.QuantizeOrientation(turretOrientation(), facings);
 			Func<WRot> quantizedBody = () => body.QuantizeOrientation(orientation(), facings);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelTurret.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelTurret.cs
index b645aa01f5..556e390072 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelTurret.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithVoxelTurret.cs
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits.Render
 			var voxel = VoxelProvider.GetVoxel(image, Sequence);
 			Func<WVec> turretOffset = () => body.LocalToWorld(t.Offset.Rotate(orientation()));
 
-			var turretFacing = Turreted.GetInitialTurretFacing(init, t.InitialFacing, Turret);
-			Func<WRot> turretBodyOrientation = () => WRot.FromYaw(WAngle.FromFacing(turretFacing) - orientation().Yaw);
+			var turretFacing = Turreted.TurretFacingFromInit(init, t.InitialFacing, Turret);
+			Func<WRot> turretBodyOrientation = () => WRot.FromYaw(WAngle.FromFacing(turretFacing()) - orientation().Yaw);
 			yield return new VoxelAnimation(voxel, turretOffset,
 				() => new[] { turretBodyOrientation(), body.QuantizeOrientation(orientation(), facings) }, () => false, () => 0);
 		}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/ThrowsParticle.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/ThrowsParticle.cs
index dcd768894b..473e3b10f6 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/ThrowsParticle.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/ThrowsParticle.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			// TODO: Carry orientation over from the parent instead of just facing
 			var bodyFacing = init.Contains<DynamicFacingInit>() ? init.Get<DynamicFacingInit, Func<int>>()()
 				: init.Contains<FacingInit>() ? init.Get<FacingInit, int>() : 0;
-			facing = WAngle.FromFacing(Turreted.GetInitialTurretFacing(init, 0));
+			facing = WAngle.FromFacing(Turreted.TurretFacingFromInit(init, 0)());
 
 			// Calculate final position
 			var throwRotation = WRot.FromFacing(Game.CosmeticRandom.Next(1024));
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Turreted.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Turreted.cs
index 66c90ca3ad..2e9dcfceab 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Turreted.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Turreted.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public virtual object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new Turreted(init, this); }
 	}
 
-	public class Turreted : ITick, ISync, INotifyCreated, IDeathActorInitModifier
+	public class Turreted : ITick, ISync, INotifyCreated, IDeathActorInitModifier, IActorPreviewInitModifier
 	{
 		readonly TurretedInfo info;
 		AttackTurreted attack;
@@ -50,31 +50,44 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public WVec Offset { get { return info.Offset + localOffset; } }
 		public string Name { get { return info.Turret; } }
 
-		public static int GetInitialTurretFacing(IActorInitializer init, int def, string turret = null)
+		public static Func<int> TurretFacingFromInit(IActorInitializer init, int def, string turret = null)
 		{
+			if (turret != null && init.Contains<DynamicTurretFacingsInit>())
+			{
+				Func<int> facing;
+				if (init.Get<DynamicTurretFacingsInit, Dictionary<string, Func<int>>>().TryGetValue(turret, out facing))
+					return facing;
+			}
+
 			if (turret != null && init.Contains<TurretFacingsInit>())
 			{
 				int facing;
 				if (init.Get<TurretFacingsInit, Dictionary<string, int>>().TryGetValue(turret, out facing))
-					return facing;
+					return () => facing;
 			}
 
 			if (init.Contains<TurretFacingInit>())
-				return init.Get<TurretFacingInit, int>();
+			{
+				var facing = init.Get<TurretFacingInit, int>();
+				return () => facing;
+			}
 
 			if (init.Contains<DynamicFacingInit>())
-				return init.Get<DynamicFacingInit, Func<int>>()();
+				return init.Get<DynamicFacingInit, Func<int>>();
 
 			if (init.Contains<FacingInit>())
-				return init.Get<FacingInit, int>();
+			{
+				var facing = init.Get<FacingInit, int>();
+				return () => facing;
+			}
 
-			return def;
+			return () => def;
 		}
 
 		public Turreted(ActorInitializer init, TurretedInfo info)
 		{
 			this.info = info;
-			TurretFacing = GetInitialTurretFacing(init, info.InitialFacing, info.Turret);
+			TurretFacing = TurretFacingFromInit(init, info.InitialFacing, info.Turret)();
 		}
 
 		public void Created(Actor self)
@@ -179,4 +192,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public TurretFacingsInit(Dictionary<string, int> init) { value = init; }
 		public Dictionary<string, int> Value(World world) { return value; }
 	}
+
+	public class DynamicTurretFacingsInit : IActorInit<Dictionary<string, Func<int>>>
+	{
+		readonly Dictionary<string, Func<int>> value = new Dictionary<string, Func<int>>();
+		public DynamicTurretFacingsInit() { }
+		public DynamicTurretFacingsInit(Dictionary<string, Func<int>> init) { value = init; }
+		public Dictionary<string, Func<int>> Value(World world) { return value; }
+	}
 }