diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
index 0568a859ab..cc832146e8 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItemProperties.h
@@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ inline QDebug operator<<(QDebug debug, const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, CertificateID, certificateID, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, StaticCertificateVersion, staticCertificateVersion, "");
 
+    DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, LocalPosition, localPosition, "");
+    DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, LocalRotation, localRotation, "");
+    DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, LocalVelocity, localVelocity, "");
+    DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, LocalAngularVelocity, localAngularVelocity, "");
+    DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, LocalDimensions, localDimensions, "");
+
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, HazeMode, hazeMode, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, KeyLightMode, keyLightMode, "");
     DEBUG_PROPERTY_IF_CHANGED(debug, properties, AmbientLightMode, ambientLightMode, "");
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
index 2e9b386ba5..c80eb0b78f 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,27 @@ QUuid EntityScriptingInterface::editEntity(QUuid id, const EntityItemProperties&
                     }
                 }
             });
+        } else {
+            // Sometimes ESS don't have the entity they are trying to edit in their local tree.  In this case,
+            // convertPropertiesFromScriptSemantics doesn't get called and local* edits will get dropped.
+            // This is because, on the script side, "position" is in world frame, but in the network
+            // protocol and in the internal data-structures, "position" is "relative to parent".
+            // Compensate here.  The local* versions will get ignored during the edit-packet encoding.
+            if (properties.localPositionChanged()) {
+                properties.setPosition(properties.getLocalPosition());
+            }
+            if (properties.localRotationChanged()) {
+                properties.setRotation(properties.getLocalRotation());
+            }
+            if (properties.localVelocityChanged()) {
+                properties.setVelocity(properties.getLocalVelocity());
+            }
+            if (properties.localAngularVelocityChanged()) {
+                properties.setAngularVelocity(properties.getLocalAngularVelocity());
+            }
+            if (properties.localDimensionsChanged()) {
+                properties.setDimensions(properties.getLocalDimensions());
+            }
         }
     });
     if (!entityFound) {