diff --git a/common/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/EntityStruckByLightningEvent.java b/common/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/EntityStruckByLightningEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c55cc4fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/EntityStruckByLightningEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package net.minecraftforge.event.entity;
+
+import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
+import net.minecraft.entity.effect.EntityLightningBolt;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.Cancelable;
+
+@Cancelable
+public class EntityStruckByLightningEvent extends EntityEvent
+{
+    public final EntityLightningBolt lightning;
+
+    public EntityStruckByLightningEvent(Entity entity, EntityLightningBolt lightning)
+    {
+        super(entity);
+        this.lightning = lightning;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/entity/effect/EntityLightningBolt.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/entity/effect/EntityLightningBolt.java.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0843132e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/entity/effect/EntityLightningBolt.java.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- ../src_base/minecraft/net/minecraft/entity/effect/EntityLightningBolt.java
++++ ../src_work/minecraft/net/minecraft/entity/effect/EntityLightningBolt.java
+@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
+ import net.minecraft.util.MathHelper;
+ import net.minecraft.util.Vec3;
+ import net.minecraft.world.World;
++import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
++import net.minecraftforge.event.entity.EntityStruckByLightningEvent;
+ 
+ public class EntityLightningBolt extends EntityWeatherEffect
+ {
+@@ -116,7 +118,10 @@
+                 for (int l = 0; l < list.size(); ++l)
+                 {
+                     Entity entity = (Entity)list.get(l);
+-                    entity.onStruckByLightning(this);
++                    if (!MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.post(new EntityStruckByLightningEvent(entity, this)))
++                    {
++                        entity.onStruckByLightning(this);
++                    }
+                 }
+             }
+         }