diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveRequest.cs
index 34610e074b..8a3fdb6953 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/ArchiveRequest.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment
         private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
         
         private Scene m_scene;
-        private string m_savePath;
+        private string m_savePath;
+        
+        private string m_serializedEntities;
         
         public ArchiveRequest(Scene scene, string savePath)
         {
@@ -83,9 +85,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment
                 }                
             }          
 
-            string serEntities = SerializeObjects(entities);
+            m_serializedEntities = SerializeObjects(entities);
 
-            if (serEntities != null && serEntities.Length > 0)
+            if (m_serializedEntities != null && m_serializedEntities.Length > 0)
             {
                 m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Successfully got serialization for {0} entities", entities.Count);
                 m_log.DebugFormat("[ARCHIVER]: Requiring save of {0} textures", textureUuids.Count);
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment
             
             TarArchive archive = new TarArchive();
             
+            archive.AddFile("prims.xml", m_serializedEntities);
+            
             foreach (LLUUID uuid in assets.Keys)
             {
                 archive.AddFile(uuid.ToString() + ".jp2", assets[uuid].Data);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchive.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchive.cs
index 0a6b1c1246..5e5be34865 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchive.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Modules/World/Archiver/TarArchive.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment
         
         protected static System.Text.ASCIIEncoding m_asciiEncoding = new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a file to the tar archive
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="filePath"></param>
+        /// <param name="data"></param>
+        public void AddFile(string filePath, string data)
+        {
+            AddFile(filePath, m_asciiEncoding.GetBytes(data));
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Add a file to the tar archive
         /// </summary>
@@ -164,8 +174,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment
                 oString = "0" + oString;
             }        
             
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[TAR ARCHIVE]: oString is {0}", oString);
-            
             byte[] oBytes = m_asciiEncoding.GetBytes(oString);
             
             return oBytes;