diff --git a/Spigot-API-Patches/0188-PlayerDeathEvent-shouldDropExperience.patch b/Spigot-API-Patches/0188-PlayerDeathEvent-shouldDropExperience.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60a2666719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-API-Patches/0188-PlayerDeathEvent-shouldDropExperience.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 26f8dfff57e31852d46c49274e1a45d9d66c6523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Shane Freeder <theboyetronic@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:35:31 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] PlayerDeathEvent#shouldDropExperience
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/entity/PlayerDeathEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/entity/PlayerDeathEvent.java
+index 1e97d04b..3a743430 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/entity/PlayerDeathEvent.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/entity/PlayerDeathEvent.java
+@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+ package org.bukkit.event.entity;
+ 
+ import java.util.List;
++
++import org.bukkit.GameMode;
+ import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+ import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+@@ -49,6 +51,23 @@ public class PlayerDeathEvent extends EntityDeathEvent {
+     public List<ItemStack> getItemsToKeep() {
+         return itemsToKeep;
+     }
++
++    private boolean doExpDrop;
++
++    /**
++     * @return should experience be dropped from this death
++     */
++    public boolean shouldDropExperience() {
++        return doExpDrop;
++    }
++
++    /**
++     * @param doExpDrop sets if experience should be dropped from this death
++     */
++    public void setShouldDropExperience(boolean doExpDrop) {
++        this.doExpDrop = doExpDrop;
++    }
++
+     // Paper end
+ 
+     public PlayerDeathEvent(@NotNull final Player player, @NotNull final List<ItemStack> drops, final int droppedExp, @Nullable final String deathMessage) {
+@@ -60,11 +79,17 @@ public class PlayerDeathEvent extends EntityDeathEvent {
+     }
+ 
+     public PlayerDeathEvent(@NotNull final Player player, @NotNull final List<ItemStack> drops, final int droppedExp, final int newExp, final int newTotalExp, final int newLevel, @Nullable final String deathMessage) {
++        // Paper start
++        this(player, drops, droppedExp, newExp, newTotalExp, newLevel, deathMessage, player.getGameMode() != GameMode.SPECTATOR);
++    }
++    public PlayerDeathEvent(@NotNull final Player player, @NotNull final List<ItemStack> drops, final int droppedExp, final int newExp, final int newTotalExp, final int newLevel, @Nullable final String deathMessage, boolean doExpDrop) {
++        // Paper end
+         super(player, drops, droppedExp);
+         this.newExp = newExp;
+         this.newTotalExp = newTotalExp;
+         this.newLevel = newLevel;
+         this.deathMessage = deathMessage;
++        this.doExpDrop = doExpDrop; // Paper
+     }
+ 
+     @NotNull
+-- 
+2.24.1
+
diff --git a/Spigot-Server-Patches/0419-PlayerDeathEvent-shouldDropExperience.patch b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0419-PlayerDeathEvent-shouldDropExperience.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56b0d7d991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-Server-Patches/0419-PlayerDeathEvent-shouldDropExperience.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 01886a4ffa8057b331659dd2a18eb57faa05aa98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Shane Freeder <theboyetronic@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:35:42 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] PlayerDeathEvent#shouldDropExperience
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
+index ed6f1b1a3..5cd709991 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
+@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ public class EntityPlayer extends EntityHuman implements ICrafting {
+         }
+ 
+         this.setSpectatorTarget(this); // Remove spectated target
++        if (event.shouldDropExperience()) this.dropExperience(); // Paper - drop experience
+         // CraftBukkit end
+ 
+         // CraftBukkit - Get our scores instead
+-- 
+2.24.1
+