diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/tags/Tag.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/tags/Tag.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78758c654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/tags/Tag.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- a/net/minecraft/tags/Tag.java
++++ b/net/minecraft/tags/Tag.java
+@@ -151,9 +151,11 @@
+                this.func_200159_a(new ResourceLocation(s.substring(1)));
+             }
+          }
++         net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeHooks.deserializeTagAdditions(this, p_200158_1_, p_200158_2_, p_200158_3_);
+ 
+          return this;
+       }
++      public Tag.Builder<T> remove(Tag.ITagEntry<T> e) { this.field_200052_a.remove(e); return this; }
+    }
+ 
+    public interface ITagEntry<T> {
+@@ -192,6 +194,8 @@
+       public Collection<T> func_200578_a() {
+          return this.field_200165_a;
+       }
++      @Override public int hashCode() { return this.field_200165_a.hashCode(); }
++      @Override public boolean equals(Object o) { return o == this || (o instanceof Tag.ListEntry && this.field_200165_a.equals(((Tag.ListEntry) o).field_200165_a)); }
+    }
+ 
+    public static class TagEntry<T> implements Tag.ITagEntry<T> {
+@@ -238,5 +242,7 @@
+       public void func_200576_a(JsonArray p_200576_1_, Function<T, ResourceLocation> p_200576_2_) {
+          p_200576_1_.add("#" + this.func_200577_a());
+       }
++      @Override public int hashCode() { return java.util.Objects.hashCode(this.field_200163_a); }
++      @Override public boolean equals(Object o) { return o == this || (o instanceof Tag.TagEntry && java.util.Objects.equals(this.field_200163_a, ((Tag.TagEntry) o).field_200163_a)); }
+    }
+ }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeHooks.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeHooks.java
index 6028ee9ec..d0b898eeb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeHooks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeHooks.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.collect.Queues;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 
@@ -1157,4 +1161,76 @@ public class ForgeHooks
         Result res = ForgeEventFactory.canEntitySpawn(entity, world, x, y, z, null);
         return res == Result.DEFAULT ? 0 : res == Result.DENY ? -1 : 1;
     }
+
+    public static <T> void deserializeTagAdditions(Tag.Builder<T> builder, Predicate<ResourceLocation> isValueKnown, Function<ResourceLocation, T> valueGetter, JsonObject json)
+    {
+        if (json.has("optional"))
+        {
+            for (JsonElement entry : JsonUtils.getJsonArray(json, "optional"))
+            {
+                String s = JsonUtils.getString(entry, "value");
+                if (!s.startsWith("#"))
+                {
+                    ResourceLocation rl = new ResourceLocation(s);
+                    if (isValueKnown.test(rl) && valueGetter.apply(rl) != null)
+                    {
+                        builder.add(valueGetter.apply(rl));
+                    }
+                } else
+                {
+                    builder.add(new OptionalTagEntry<>(new ResourceLocation(s.substring(1))));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (json.has("remove"))
+        {
+            for (JsonElement entry : JsonUtils.getJsonArray(json, "remove"))
+            {
+                String s = JsonUtils.getString(entry, "value");
+                if (!s.startsWith("#"))
+                {
+                    ResourceLocation rl = new ResourceLocation(s);
+                    if (isValueKnown.test(rl) && valueGetter.apply(rl) != null)
+                    {
+                        Tag.ITagEntry<T> dummyEntry = new Tag.ListEntry<>(Collections.singletonList(valueGetter.apply(rl)));
+                        builder.remove(dummyEntry);
+                    }
+                } else
+                {
+                    Tag.ITagEntry<T> dummyEntry = new Tag.TagEntry<>(new ResourceLocation(s.substring(1)));
+                    builder.remove(dummyEntry);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static class OptionalTagEntry<T> extends Tag.TagEntry<T>
+    {
+        private Tag<T> resolvedTag = null;
+
+        OptionalTagEntry(ResourceLocation referent)
+        {
+            super(referent);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean resolve(@Nonnull Function<ResourceLocation, Tag<T>> resolver)
+        {
+            if (this.resolvedTag == null)
+            {
+                this.resolvedTag = resolver.apply(this.getSerializedId());
+            }
+            return true; // never fail if resolver returns null
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void populate(@Nonnull Collection<T> items)
+        {
+            if (this.resolvedTag != null)
+            {
+                items.addAll(this.resolvedTag.getAllElements());
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }