diff --git a/doc/fixes34.2 b/doc/fixes34.2
index 3dd82b5b5..98ec44bb9 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.2
+++ b/doc/fixes34.2
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ there was no check for iron bars in dokick() so it defaulted to "empty space"
 if you couldn't see the rat created in a sink for some reason other than
 	blindness, you would get "Eek there's it in the sink."
 digging a pit while stuck in the floor should always free the player
+quest guardians can no longer be created via stone-to-flesh on their statue
+stone-to-flesh no longer silently ignored by a statue of a unique monster
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/trap.c b/src/trap.c
index 987f99897..69a7b7d80 100644
--- a/src/trap.c
+++ b/src/trap.c
@@ -433,11 +433,20 @@ int *fail_reason;
 	     * [detected or guessed] location of a statue trap.  Normally the
 	     * uppermost statue is the one which would be activated.
 	     */
-	    if (mptr->geno & G_UNIQ) {
+	    if ((mptr->geno & G_UNIQ) && cause != ANIMATE_SPELL) {
 	        if (fail_reason) *fail_reason = AS_MON_IS_UNIQUE;
 	        return (struct monst *)0;
 	    }
-	    mon = makemon(mptr, x, y, (cause == ANIMATE_SPELL) ?
+	    if (cause == ANIMATE_SPELL &&
+		((mptr->geno & G_UNIQ) || mptr->msound == MS_GUARDIAN)) {
+		/* Statues of quest guardians or unique monsters
+		 * will not stone-to-flesh as the real thing.
+		 */
+		mon = makemon(&mons[PM_DOPPELGANGER], x, y,
+			NO_MINVENT|MM_NOCOUNTBIRTH|MM_ADJACENTOK);
+		if (mon) (void) newcham(mon, mptr, FALSE, FALSE);
+	    } else
+		mon = makemon(mptr, x, y, (cause == ANIMATE_SPELL) ?
 			(NO_MINVENT | MM_ADJACENTOK) : NO_MINVENT);
 	}