diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f575fd3..b8585cef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ All changes are toggleable via config files.
 * **Load Sounds:** Plays sounds when the game or the world are loaded
 * **Mending Overpowered:** If mending fix is enabled, repairs entire damaged inventory with XP
 * **Mending:** Only repairs damaged equipment with XP
+* **Minecart Drops Itself:** Replaces vanilla Minecarts dropping a Minecart and the contained item, and instead drop the combined item
 * **Mob Despawn Improvement:** Mobs carrying picked up items will drop their equipment and despawn properly
 * **Modern Knockback:** Backports 1.16+ knockback to 1.12: Knockback resistance is now a scale instead of a probability
 * **More Banner Layers:** Sets the amount of applicable pattern layers for banners
diff --git a/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/config/UTConfigTweaks.java b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/config/UTConfigTweaks.java
index 5be472a0..427eae48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/config/UTConfigTweaks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/config/UTConfigTweaks.java
@@ -536,6 +536,11 @@ public static class EntitiesCategory
         @Config.Comment("Backports 1.16+ knockback to 1.12: Knockback resistance is now a scale instead of a probability")
         public boolean utModernKnockbackToggle = true;
 
+        @Config.RequiresMcRestart
+        @Config.Name("Minecart Drops Itself")
+        @Config.Comment("Replaces vanilla Minecarts dropping a Minecart and the contained item, and instead drop the combined item")
+        public boolean utMinecartDropsType = false;
+
         @Config.RequiresMcRestart
         @Config.Name("No Portal Spawning")
         @Config.Comment("Prevents zombie pigmen spawning from nether portals")
diff --git a/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/core/UTLoadingPlugin.java b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/core/UTLoadingPlugin.java
index c9ba086d..4ae9eabc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/core/UTLoadingPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/core/UTLoadingPlugin.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public class UTLoadingPlugin implements IFMLLoadingPlugin, IEarlyMixinLoader
             put("mixins.tweaks.entities.damage.velocity.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.DAMAGE_VELOCITY.utDamageVelocityToggle);
             put("mixins.tweaks.entities.despawning.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.utMobDespawnToggle);
             put("mixins.tweaks.entities.loot.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.utCreeperMusicDiscsToggle);
+            put("mixins.tweaks.entities.minecart.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.utMinecartDropsType);
             put("mixins.tweaks.entities.playerdismount.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.MISC.utUseSeparateDismountKey);
             put("mixins.tweaks.entities.saturation.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.utRidingExhaustion != 0.0D);
             put("mixins.tweaks.entities.spawning.caps.json", () -> UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.SPAWN_CAPS.utSpawnCapsToggle);
diff --git a/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/tweaks/entities/minecart/mixin/UTEntityMinecartMixin.java b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/tweaks/entities/minecart/mixin/UTEntityMinecartMixin.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbf6a429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/tweaks/entities/minecart/mixin/UTEntityMinecartMixin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package mod.acgaming.universaltweaks.tweaks.entities.minecart.mixin;
+
+import net.minecraft.entity.item.*;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.Operation;
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.WrapOperation;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+
+import mod.acgaming.universaltweaks.config.UTConfigTweaks;
+
+// Courtesy of WaitingIdly
+@Mixin(value = EntityMinecart.class)
+public abstract class UTEntityMinecartMixin
+{
+    @WrapOperation(method = "killMinecart", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/entity/item/EntityMinecart;entityDropItem(Lnet/minecraft/item/ItemStack;F)Lnet/minecraft/entity/item/EntityItem;"))
+    private EntityItem utDropMinecartType(EntityMinecart instance, ItemStack item, float y, Operation<EntityItem> original)
+    {
+        if (!UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.utMinecartDropsType || !(instance instanceof EntityMinecartFurnace || instance instanceof EntityMinecartChest || instance instanceof EntityMinecartTNT || instance instanceof EntityMinecartHopper))
+        {
+            return original.call(instance, instance, y);
+        }
+        ItemStack itemstack = instance.getCartItem().copy();
+        if (instance.hasCustomName()) itemstack.setStackDisplayName(instance.getCustomNameTag());
+        return original.call(instance, itemstack, y);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/tweaks/entities/minecart/mixin/UTEntityMinecartTypeMixin.java b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/tweaks/entities/minecart/mixin/UTEntityMinecartTypeMixin.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40d7bede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/mod/acgaming/universaltweaks/tweaks/entities/minecart/mixin/UTEntityMinecartTypeMixin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package mod.acgaming.universaltweaks.tweaks.entities.minecart.mixin;
+
+import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityMinecartChest;
+import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityMinecartFurnace;
+import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityMinecartHopper;
+import net.minecraft.entity.item.EntityMinecartTNT;
+
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.ModifyExpressionValue;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+
+import mod.acgaming.universaltweaks.config.UTConfigTweaks;
+
+// Courtesy of WaitingIdly
+@Mixin(value = {EntityMinecartFurnace.class, EntityMinecartChest.class, EntityMinecartTNT.class, EntityMinecartHopper.class})
+public abstract class UTEntityMinecartTypeMixin
+{
+    @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "killMinecart", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/GameRules;getBoolean(Ljava/lang/String;)Z"))
+    private boolean utPreventDropMinecartType(boolean original)
+    {
+        return !UTConfigTweaks.ENTITIES.utMinecartDropsType && original;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/mixins.tweaks.entities.minecart.json b/src/main/resources/mixins.tweaks.entities.minecart.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3e1e7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/mixins.tweaks.entities.minecart.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "package": "mod.acgaming.universaltweaks.tweaks.entities.minecart.mixin",
+  "refmap": "universaltweaks.refmap.json",
+  "minVersion": "0.8",
+  "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_8",
+  "mixins": ["UTEntityMinecartMixin", "UTEntityMinecartTypeMixin"]
+}
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