diff --git a/src/openrct2/ParkFile.cpp b/src/openrct2/ParkFile.cpp
index afbfc88703..894a3c43ce 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/ParkFile.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/ParkFile.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ namespace OpenRCT2
             gInitialCash = gCash;
             String::Set(gS6Info.name, sizeof(gS6Info.name), gScenarioName.c_str());
             String::Set(gS6Info.details, sizeof(gS6Info.details), gScenarioName.c_str());
+
+            AutoCreateMapAnimations();
         }
 
         void Save(const std::string_view& path)
@@ -459,6 +461,28 @@ namespace OpenRCT2
             }
         }
 
+        void AutoCreateMapAnimations()
+        {
+            // Automatically create map animations from tile elements
+            // TODO this should also be done when importing S4 and S6 files
+            tile_element_iterator it;
+            tile_element_iterator_begin(&it);
+            while (tile_element_iterator_next(&it))
+            {
+                auto el = it.element;
+                switch (el->GetType())
+                {
+                    case TILE_ELEMENT_TYPE_ENTRANCE:
+                        auto entrance = el->AsEntrance();
+                        if (entrance->GetEntranceType() == ENTRANCE_TYPE_PARK_ENTRANCE && entrance->GetSequenceIndex() == 0)
+                        {
+                            map_animation_create(MAP_ANIMATION_TYPE_PARK_ENTRANCE, it.x * 32, it.y * 32, entrance->base_height);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         static void ReadWriteStringTable(OrcaStream::ChunkStream& cs, std::string& value, const std::string_view& lcode)
         {
             std::vector<std::tuple<std::string, std::string>> table;