diff --git a/GameVersion.h b/GameVersion.h
index a39730d0..46194d34 100644
--- a/GameVersion.h
+++ b/GameVersion.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern	CHAR16		zTrackingNumber[16];
 //		Keeps track of the saved game version.	Increment the saved game version whenever 
 //	you will invalidate the saved game file
 
+#define			ASD_INIT_FIX									168 // Flugente: fix for ASD feature introduced with ENEMY_HELICOPTERS
 #define			NONPROFILE_MERCHANTS							167 // Flugente: merchants can be created from non-profile NPCs
 #define			INDIVIDUAL_MILITIA								166 // Flugente: individual militia
 #define			ENEMY_JEEPS										165 // Flugente: enemy jeeps
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ extern	CHAR16		zTrackingNumber[16];
 #define			AP100_SAVEGAME_DATATYPE_CHANGE					105	// Before this, we didn't have the 100AP structure changes
 #define			NIV_SAVEGAME_DATATYPE_CHANGE					102	// Before this, we used the old structure system
 
-#define			SAVE_GAME_VERSION								NONPROFILE_MERCHANTS
+#define			SAVE_GAME_VERSION								ASD_INIT_FIX
 
 //#define RUSSIANGOLD
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/SaveLoadGame.cpp b/SaveLoadGame.cpp
index 84c08871..46578a63 100644
--- a/SaveLoadGame.cpp
+++ b/SaveLoadGame.cpp
@@ -6158,6 +6158,15 @@ BOOLEAN LoadSavedGame( int ubSavedGameID )
 		InitASD();
 	}
 
+	// Flugente: in campaigns started before ENEMY_HELICOPTERS, the periodic ASD update routine was not properly initialised. To be sure, we definetly set it up here
+	if ( guiCurrentSaveGameVersion < ASD_INIT_FIX )
+	{
+		// Flugente: if this a savegame from an older version where ASD didn't exist, we have to manually add the periodic event
+		DeleteAllStrategicEventsOfType( EVENT_ASD_UPDATE );
+
+		AddPeriodStrategicEvent( EVENT_ASD_UPDATE, 90, 0 );
+	}
+
 	if ( guiCurrentSaveGameVersion >= INDIVIDUAL_MILITIA )
 	{
 		uiRelEndPerc += 1;