diff --git a/doc/fixes36.2 b/doc/fixes36.2
index d2cfcdd62..a4c3a8f09 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.2
+++ b/doc/fixes36.2
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ when using 'O' to set hilite_status rules, hide the 'score' status field if
 make stone-to-flesh behave the same on statues of petrified monsters as it
 	does on random 'dungeon art' ones (revive at a nearby spot instead of
 	becoming a corpse when there's already a monster at statue's location)
+special level loader didn't support populating several types of special rooms
+	(ant hole, cockatrice nest, leprechaun hall)
 
 
 Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/sp_lev.c b/src/sp_lev.c
index a1b1f6d2a..91412d214 100644
--- a/src/sp_lev.c
+++ b/src/sp_lev.c
@@ -786,10 +786,9 @@ link_doors_rooms()
 void
 fill_rooms()
 {
-    int tmpi;
+    int tmpi, m;
 
     for (tmpi = 0; tmpi < nroom; tmpi++) {
-        int m;
         if (rooms[tmpi].needfill)
             fill_room(&rooms[tmpi], (rooms[tmpi].needfill == 2));
         for (m = 0; m < rooms[tmpi].nsubrooms; m++)
@@ -2452,6 +2451,9 @@ boolean prefilled;
         case COURT:
         case ZOO:
         case BEEHIVE:
+        case ANTHOLE:
+        case COCKNEST:
+        case LEPREHALL:
         case MORGUE:
         case BARRACKS:
             fill_zoo(croom);