diff --git a/sp/src/game/shared/beam_shared.cpp b/sp/src/game/shared/beam_shared.cpp
index c3e39af8..fcefa3f9 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/shared/beam_shared.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/shared/beam_shared.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public:
 	DECLARE_CLASS( CInfoTarget, CPointEntity );
 
 	void	Spawn( void );
+#ifdef MAPBASE
+	virtual int UpdateTransmitState();
+#endif
 };
 
 //info targets are like point entities except you can force them to spawn on the client
@@ -55,6 +58,19 @@ void CInfoTarget::Spawn( void )
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef MAPBASE
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Purpose: Always transmitted to clients
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int CInfoTarget::UpdateTransmitState()
+{
+	// Spawn flags 2 means we always transmit
+	if ( HasSpawnFlags(0x02) )
+		return SetTransmitState( FL_EDICT_ALWAYS );
+	return BaseClass::UpdateTransmitState();
+}
+#endif
+
 LINK_ENTITY_TO_CLASS( info_target, CInfoTarget );
 #endif