diff --git a/code/modules/spells/spell_types/shapeshift/_shapeshift.dm b/code/modules/spells/spell_types/shapeshift/_shapeshift.dm
index 8acd6ca9247..a5e590685c0 100644
--- a/code/modules/spells/spell_types/shapeshift/_shapeshift.dm
+++ b/code/modules/spells/spell_types/shapeshift/_shapeshift.dm
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@
 	spell_requirements &= ~(SPELL_REQUIRES_HUMAN|SPELL_REQUIRES_WIZARD_GARB)
 	ADD_TRAIT(new_shape, TRAIT_DONT_WRITE_MEMORY, SHAPESHIFT_TRAIT) // If you shapeshift into a pet subtype we don't want to update Poly's deathcount or something when you die
 
+	// Make sure that if you shapechanged into a bot, the AI can't just turn you off.
+	var/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/polymorph_bot = new_shape
+	if (istype(polymorph_bot))
+		polymorph_bot.bot_cover_flags |= BOT_COVER_EMAGGED
+		polymorph_bot.bot_mode_flags &= ~BOT_MODE_REMOTE_ENABLED
+
 	return new_shape
 
 /// Actually does the un-shapeshift, from the caster. (Caster is a shapeshifted mob.)