diff --git a/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml b/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml
index 94eb6af57..2f8f51e54 100644
--- a/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
    <pitch-deg>-3.0</pitch-deg>
    <z-m> -0.065 </z-m>
  </offsets>
+ 
+ <nasal>
+   <load>
+     var rplayer = cmdarg();  
+     rplayer.getNode("sim/model/door-positions/rightDoor/position-norm", 1).alias(rplayer.getNode("sim/multiplay/generic/float[0]")); 
+     rplayer.getNode("sim/model/door-positions/leftDoor/position-norm", 1).alias(rplayer.getNode("sim/multiplay/generic/float[1]")); 
+     rplayer.getNode("sim/model/door-positions/baggageDoor/position-norm", 1).alias(rplayer.getNode("sim/multiplay/generic/float[2]")); 
+   </load>
+ </nasal> 
 
  <!-- Normal shader effect. Separate effects required for each normal map texture -->
 
diff --git a/Aircraft/c172p/c172p-set.xml b/Aircraft/c172p/c172p-set.xml
index 8a5eeb9b9..36c7867cd 100644
--- a/Aircraft/c172p/c172p-set.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/c172p/c172p-set.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Started October 23 2001 by John Check, fgpanels@rockfish.net
   <multiplay>
       <chat_display>1</chat_display>
       <generic>
+        <float n="0" alias="/sim/model/door-positions/rightDoor/position-norm"/>
+        <float n="1" alias="/sim/model/door-positions/leftDoor/position-norm"/>
+        <float n="2" alias="/sim/model/door-positions/baggageDoor/position-norm"/>
         <int type="int">0</int>
         <int type="int">0</int>
         <int type="int">0</int>