diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/player.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/player.cpp
index 15dc719f2e..a763575748 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/player.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/player.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include "types.hpp"
 
+#include <apps/openmw/mwbase/dialoguemanager.hpp>
 #include <components/esm3/loadbsgn.hpp>
 #include <components/esm3/loadfact.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/strings/format.hpp>
 
 #include "../birthsignbindings.hpp"
 #include "../luamanagerimp.hpp"
@@ -195,6 +197,22 @@ namespace MWLua
                 throw std::runtime_error("Only player and global scripts can toggle teleportation.");
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->enableTeleporting(state);
         };
+        player["addTopic"] = [](const Object& player, std::string_view topicId) {
+            verifyPlayer(player);
+
+            ESM::RefId topic = ESM::RefId::deserializeText(topicId);
+            const ESM::Dialogue* dialogueRecord
+                = MWBase::Environment::get().getESMStore()->get<ESM::Dialogue>().search(topic);
+
+            if (!dialogueRecord)
+                throw std::runtime_error(
+                    Misc::StringUtils::format("Failed to add topic ", topicId, ": topic record not found"));
+            else if (dialogueRecord->mType != ESM::Dialogue::Topic)
+                throw std::runtime_error(
+                    Misc::StringUtils::format("Failed to add topic ", topicId, ": record is not a topic"));
+
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getDialogueManager()->addTopic(topic);
+        };
         player["sendMenuEvent"] = [context](const Object& player, std::string eventName, const sol::object& eventData) {
             verifyPlayer(player);
             context.mLuaEvents->addMenuEvent({ std::move(eventName), LuaUtil::serialize(eventData) });