diff --git a/doc/fixes36.3 b/doc/fixes36.3
index d03090095..261215b97 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.3
+++ b/doc/fixes36.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.79 $ $NHDT-Date: 1561917056 2019/06/30 17:50:56 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.80 $ $NHDT-Date: 1561920590 2019/06/30 18:49:50 $
 
 This fixes36.3 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x
 lineage following the release of 3.6.2 in May 2019. Please note, however,
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ curses+'perm_invent': don't highlight inventory letters since nothing is
 	selectable from the menu comprising the persistent inventory window
 curses+'popup_dialog': show the text cursor at the end of prompts for single
 	character input
+curses+DUMPLOG: pass along old messages from save file and quest message
+	summaries to dumplog message history
 curses+EDIT_GETLIN: when a prompt's answer was preloaded, using ESC to discard
 	it deleted it from the answer buffer but didn't erase it from screen
 curses+EDIT_GETLIN: the preceding fix handled an answer which spanned more
diff --git a/win/curses/cursmesg.c b/win/curses/cursmesg.c
index ba387f344..7c83ac423 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursmesg.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursmesg.c
@@ -887,6 +887,9 @@ boolean restoring_msghist;
     static boolean initd = FALSE;
     static int stash_count;
     static nhprev_mesg *stash_head = 0;
+#ifdef DUMPLOG
+    extern unsigned saved_pline_index; /* pline.c */
+#endif
 
     if (restoring_msghist && !initd) {
         /* hide any messages we've gathered since starting current session
@@ -896,12 +899,19 @@ boolean restoring_msghist;
         stash_head = first_mesg, first_mesg = (nhprev_mesg *) 0;
         last_mesg = (nhprev_mesg *) 0; /* no need to remember the tail */
         initd = TRUE;
+#ifdef DUMPLOG
+        /* this suffices; there's no need to scrub saved_pline[] pointers */
+        saved_pline_index = 0;
+#endif
     }
 
     if (msg) {
         mesg_add_line(msg);
         /* treat all saved and restored messages as turn #1 */
         last_mesg->turn = 1L;
+#ifdef DUMPLOG
+        dumplogmsg(last_mesg->str);
+#endif
     } else if (stash_count) {
         nhprev_mesg *mesg;
         long mesg_turn;
@@ -921,6 +931,9 @@ boolean restoring_msghist;
             mesg_add_line(mesg->str);
             /* added line became new tail */
             last_mesg->turn = mesg_turn;
+#ifdef DUMPLOG
+            dumplogmsg(mesg->str);
+#endif
             free((genericptr_t) mesg->str);
             free((genericptr_t) mesg);
         }