diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/portals.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/portals.dm
index b62ce2e6117..dd6105a50b6 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/portals.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/portals.dm
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
 	if(Adjacent(user))
 		teleport(user)
 
+/obj/effect/portal/attack_robot(mob/living/user)
+	if(Adjacent(user))
+		teleport(user)
+
 /obj/effect/portal/Initialize(mapload, _lifespan = 0, obj/effect/portal/_linked, automatic_link = FALSE, turf/hard_target_override, atmos_link_override)
 	. = ..()
 	GLOB.portals += src