diff --git a/GROUPS.md b/GROUPS.md
index fdca9d37..587f37e1 100644
--- a/GROUPS.md
+++ b/GROUPS.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Please read <http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Breaking> to learn how digging times
     * `flammable=-1` Does not get destroyed by fire
 * `fire_encouragement`: How quickly this block catches fire
 * `fire_flammability`: How fast the block will burn away
+* `path_creation_possible=1`: Node can be turned into grass path by using a shovel on it
 * `spreading_dirt_type=1`: A dirt-type block with a cover (e.g. grass) which may spread to neighbor dirt blocks
 * `dirtifies_below_solid=1`: This node turns into dirt immediately when a solid or dirtifier node is placed on top
 * `dirtifier=1`: This node turns nodes the above group into dirt when placed above
diff --git a/mods/HELP/mcl_doc/init.lua b/mods/HELP/mcl_doc/init.lua
index 6948aed0..da2ac7aa 100644
--- a/mods/HELP/mcl_doc/init.lua
+++ b/mods/HELP/mcl_doc/init.lua
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ doc.sub.items.register_factoid("nodes", "groups", function(itemstring, def)
 	return ""
 end)
 
+-- usable by shovels
+doc.sub.items.register_factoid("nodes", "groups", function(itemstring, def)
+	if def.groups.path_creation_possible then
+		return S("This block can be turned into grass path with a shovel.")
+	end
+	return ""
+end)
+
 -- soil
 doc.sub.items.register_factoid("nodes", "groups", function(itemstring, def)
 	local datastring = ""
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua
index 50d7d562..6674b888 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_core/nodes_base.lua
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:dirt_with_grass", {
 	color = "#55aa60",
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1,dirt=2,grass_block=1, grass_block_no_snow=1, soil=1, soil_sapling=2, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=2, spreading_dirt_type=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1,dirt=2,grass_block=1, grass_block_no_snow=1, soil=1, soil_sapling=2, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=2, spreading_dirt_type=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1, path_creation_possible=1},
 	drop = 'mcl_core:dirt',
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults({
 		footstep = {name="default_grass_footstep", gain=0.1},
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:mycelium", {
 	tiles = {"mcl_core_mycelium_top.png", "default_dirt.png", {name="mcl_core_mycelium_side.png", tileable_vertical=false}},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=2,spreading_dirt_type=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=2,spreading_dirt_type=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1, path_creation_possible=1},
 	drop = 'mcl_core:dirt',
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults({
 		footstep = {name="default_grass_footstep", gain=0.1},
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:podzol", {
 	tiles = {"mcl_core_dirt_podzol_top.png", "default_dirt.png", {name="mcl_core_dirt_podzol_side.png", tileable_vertical=false}},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=3, dirt=2,soil=1, soil_sapling=2, soil_sugarcane=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = {handy=1,shovely=3, dirt=2,soil=1, soil_sapling=2, soil_sugarcane=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1, path_creation_possible=1},
 	drop = 'mcl_core:dirt',
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults(),
 	on_construct = mcl_core.on_snowable_construct,
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:dirt", {
 	tiles = {"default_dirt.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=1,soil=1, soil_sapling=2, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=2, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=1,soil=1, soil_sapling=2, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=2, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1, path_creation_possible=1},
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults(),
 	_mcl_blast_resistance = 0.5,
 	_mcl_hardness = 0.5,
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ minetest.register_node("mcl_core:coarse_dirt", {
 	tiles = {"mcl_core_coarse_dirt.png"},
 	is_ground_content = true,
 	stack_max = 64,
-	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=3,soil=1, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1},
+	groups = {handy=1,shovely=1, dirt=3,soil=1, soil_sugarcane=1, cultivatable=1, enderman_takable=1, building_block=1, path_creation_possible=1},
 	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_dirt_defaults(),
 	_mcl_blast_resistance = 0.5,
 	_mcl_hardness = 0.5,
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_tools/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_tools/init.lua
index 99fcb213..2d2b3496 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_tools/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_tools/init.lua
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ local make_grass_path = function(itemstack, placer, pointed_thing)
 		return itemstack
 	end
 
-	if (minetest.get_item_group(node.name, "grass_block") == 1) then
+	if (minetest.get_item_group(node.name, "path_creation_possible") == 1) then
 		local above = table.copy(pointed_thing.under)
 		above.y = above.y + 1
 		if minetest.get_node(above).name == "air" then