diff --git a/doc/fixes36.1 b/doc/fixes36.1
index 456defcf8..0c8a42b91 100644
--- a/doc/fixes36.1
+++ b/doc/fixes36.1
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ minor ^X/enlightenment bugs: grammar when poly'd into '1 hit dice' critter,
 	missing punctuation for "You entered the dungeon N turns ago"
 when configured with DUMPLOG enabled, artifacts were counted twice towards
 	final score
+once Moloch's Sanctum (or Astral Plane via wizard mode level teleport direct
+	to end-game) was entered, end of game disclosure would reveal that
+	high priests had been incorrectly flagged as extinct
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/makemon.c b/src/makemon.c
index c60adfa1f..232e9d9a9 100644
--- a/src/makemon.c
+++ b/src/makemon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.6	makemon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1450451931 2015/12/18 15:18:51 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.106 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.6	makemon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1495237801 2017/05/19 23:50:01 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.116 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ boolean ghostly;
     result = (((int) mvitals[mndx].born < lim) && !gone) ? TRUE : FALSE;
 
     /* if it's unique, don't ever make it again */
-    if (mons[mndx].geno & G_UNIQ)
+    if ((mons[mndx].geno & G_UNIQ) && mndx != PM_HIGH_PRIEST)
         mvitals[mndx].mvflags |= G_EXTINCT;
 
     if (mvitals[mndx].born < 255 && tally