diff --git a/src/fe-common/core/windows-layout.c b/src/fe-common/core/windows-layout.c
index 56ebcb89..5d53f1ae 100644
--- a/src/fe-common/core/windows-layout.c
+++ b/src/fe-common/core/windows-layout.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static void sig_layout_restore(void)
 
 		window_set_refnum(window, atoi(node->key));
                 window->sticky_refnum = config_node_get_bool(node, "sticky_refnum", FALSE);
+                window->immortal = config_node_get_bool(node, "immortal", FALSE);
 		window_set_name(window, config_node_get_str(node, "name", NULL));
 		window_set_history(window, config_node_get_str(node, "history_name", NULL));
 		window_set_level(window, level2bits(config_node_get_str(node, "level", "")));
@@ -171,6 +172,9 @@ static void window_save(WINDOW_REC *window, CONFIG_NODE *node)
 	if (window->sticky_refnum)
 		iconfig_node_set_bool(node, "sticky_refnum", TRUE);
 
+	if (window->immortal)
+		iconfig_node_set_bool(node, "immortal", TRUE);
+
 	if (window->name != NULL)
 		iconfig_node_set_str(node, "name", window->name);