diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9cb34fcb8..a0e01dba1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DFHack future
     - embark: lets you embark anywhere.
     - lever: list and pull fort levers from the dfhack console.
     - stripcaged: mark items inside cages for dumping, eg caged goblin weapons.
+    - soundsense-season: writes the correct season to gamelog.txt on world load.
   New GUI scripts:
     - gui/guide-path: displays the cached path for minecart Guide orders.
     - gui/workshop-job: displays inputs of a workshop job and allows tweaking them.
diff --git a/dfhack.init-example b/dfhack.init-example
index 7617b9f6e..1a5aee48f 100644
--- a/dfhack.init-example
+++ b/dfhack.init-example
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ tweak military-color-assigned
 # remove inverse dependency of squad training speed on unit list size and use more sparring
 tweak military-training
 
+###########
+# Scripts #
+###########
+
+# write the correct season to gamelog on world load
+soundsense-season
+
 #######################################################
 # Apply binary patches at runtime                     #
 #                                                     #
diff --git a/scripts/soundsense-season.lua b/scripts/soundsense-season.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b7d43cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/soundsense-season.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- On map load writes the current season to gamelog.txt
+
+local seasons = {
+    [0] = 'Spring',
+    [1] = 'Summer',
+    [2] = 'Autumn',
+    [3] = 'Winter',
+}
+
+local args = {...}
+
+local function write_gamelog(msg)
+    local log = io.open('gamelog.txt', 'a')
+    log:write(msg.."\n")
+    log:close()
+end
+
+if args[1] == 'disable' then
+    dfhack.onStateChange[_ENV] = nil
+else
+    dfhack.onStateChange[_ENV] = function(op)
+        if op == SC_WORLD_LOADED then
+            write_gamelog(seasons[df.global.cur_season]..' has arrived on the calendar.')
+        end
+    end
+end