diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp
index b603b6d3f4..ccbbc74625 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/types/container.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include "types.hpp"
 
+#include <components/esm3/loadcont.hpp>
+
+#include <apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.hpp>
+
 #include "../luabindings.hpp"
 
 namespace MWLua
@@ -13,6 +17,21 @@ namespace MWLua
             [](const LObject& o) { containerPtr(o); return Inventory<LObject>{o}; },
             [](const GObject& o) { containerPtr(o); return Inventory<GObject>{o}; }
         );
-    }
+        //container["capacity"] = [](const Object& o) { 
+            //const MWWorld::Class& cls = o.ptr().getClass();
+            //return cls.getCapacity(o);
+        //};
 
+        const MWWorld::Store<ESM::Container>* store = &MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getStore().get<ESM::Container>();
+        container["record"] = sol::overload(
+            [](const Object& obj) -> const ESM::Container* { return obj.ptr().get<ESM::Container>()->mBase; },
+            [store](const std::string& recordId) -> const ESM::Container* { return store->find(recordId); });
+        sol::usertype<ESM::Container> record = context.mLua->sol().new_usertype<ESM::Container>("ESM3_Container");
+        record[sol::meta_function::to_string] = [](const ESM::Container& rec) -> std::string { return "ESM3_Container[" + rec.mId + "]"; };
+        record["id"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Container& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mId; });
+        record["name"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Container& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mName; });
+        record["model"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Container& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mModel; });
+        record["mwscript"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Container& rec) -> std::string { return rec.mScript; });
+        record["weight"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::Container& rec) -> float { return rec.mWeight; });
+    }
 }