diff --git a/src/BlockEntities/ChestEntity.cpp b/src/BlockEntities/ChestEntity.cpp
index 3791832e3..c3fb44a1b 100644
--- a/src/BlockEntities/ChestEntity.cpp
+++ b/src/BlockEntities/ChestEntity.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "../Item.h"
 #include "../Entities/Player.h"
 #include "../UI/ChestWindow.h"
+#include "../ClientHandle.h"
 
 
 
@@ -35,10 +36,8 @@ cChestEntity::~cChestEntity()
 
 void cChestEntity::SendTo(cClientHandle & a_Client)
 {
-	// The chest entity doesn't need anything sent to the client when it's created / gets in the viewdistance
-	// All the actual handling is in the cWindow UI code that gets called when the chest is rclked
-
-	UNUSED(a_Client);
+	// Send a dummy "number of players with chest open" packet to make the chest visible:
+	a_Client.SendBlockAction(m_PosX, m_PosY, m_PosZ, 1, 0, m_BlockType);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.cpp b/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.cpp
index 46d5912c3..86c8ec463 100644
--- a/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.cpp
+++ b/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "../Item.h"
 #include "../Entities/Player.h"
 #include "../UI/EnderChestWindow.h"
+#include "../ClientHandle.h"
 
 
 
@@ -34,6 +35,16 @@ cEnderChestEntity::~cEnderChestEntity()
 
 
 
+void cEnderChestEntity::SendTo(cClientHandle & a_Client)
+{
+	// Send a dummy "number of players with chest open" packet to make the chest visible:
+	a_Client.SendBlockAction(m_PosX, m_PosY, m_PosZ, 1, 0, m_BlockType);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 bool cEnderChestEntity::UsedBy(cPlayer * a_Player)
 {
 	// TODO: cats are an obstruction
diff --git a/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.h b/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.h
index d79e0ee68..f599ad391 100644
--- a/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.h
+++ b/src/BlockEntities/EnderChestEntity.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public:
 
 	// cBlockEntity overrides:
 	virtual bool UsedBy(cPlayer * a_Player) override;
-	virtual void SendTo(cClientHandle & a_Client) override { UNUSED(a_Client); }
+	virtual void SendTo(cClientHandle & a_Client) override;
 
 	static void LoadFromJson(const Json::Value & a_Value, cItemGrid & a_Grid);
 	static void SaveToJson(Json::Value & a_Value, const cItemGrid & a_Grid);