diff --git a/src/playsingle_controller.cpp b/src/playsingle_controller.cpp
index 867e20f3f58..453d058127c 100644
--- a/src/playsingle_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/playsingle_controller.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "playsingle_controller.hpp"
 
 #include "construct_dialog.hpp"
+#include "ai.hpp"
 #include "ai_interface.hpp"
 #include "game_errors.hpp"
 #include "gettext.hpp"
@@ -704,7 +705,12 @@ void playsingle_controller::play_ai_turn(){
 			map_, teams_, player_number_, units_, replay_sender_, undo_stack_);
 
 	ai_interface::info ai_info(*gui_,map_,units_,teams_,player_number_,status_, turn_data, gamestate_);
-	util::scoped_ptr<ai_interface> ai_obj(create_ai(current_team().ai_algorithm(),ai_info));
+	std::string ai_algorithm = current_team().ai_algorithm();
+
+	boost::shared_ptr<ai_interface> ai_obj(ai_algorithm == "formula_ai" ? 
+			ai_manager::get_ai(ai_info,current_team().name(),ai_algorithm) : 
+		 	boost::shared_ptr<ai_interface> (create_ai(ai_algorithm,ai_info)));
+
 	ai_obj->user_interact().attach_handler(this);
 	ai_obj->unit_recruited().attach_handler(this);
 	ai_obj->unit_moved().attach_handler(this);