diff --git a/src/engrave.c b/src/engrave.c
index a29221549..4288f305a 100644
--- a/src/engrave.c
+++ b/src/engrave.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.5	engrave.c	$NHDT-Date: 1429953062 2015/04/25 09:11:02 $  $NHDT-Branch: master $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.47 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.5	engrave.c	$NHDT-Date: 1430866579 2015/05/05 22:56:19 $  $NHDT-Branch: win32-x64-working $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.49 $ */
 /* NetHack 3.5	engrave.c	$Date: 2012/12/20 01:48:36 $  $Revision: 1.39 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ doengrave()
 				"Chips fly out from the headstone." :
 				is_ice(u.ux,u.uy) ?
 				"Ice chips fly up from the ice surface!" :
+                                (level.locations[u.ux][u.uy].typ == DRAWBRIDGE_DOWN) ?
+                                "Splinters fly up from the bridge." :
 				"Gravel flies up from the floor.");
 			else
 			    Strcpy(post_engr_text, "You hear drilling!");