diff --git a/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/EntityZombie.patch b/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/EntityZombie.patch
index 009db0ab8a..34c2cdc20d 100644
--- a/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/EntityZombie.patch
+++ b/paper-server/nms-patches/net/minecraft/world/entity/monster/EntityZombie.patch
@@ -97,21 +97,39 @@
              }
          }
  
-@@ -411,7 +437,12 @@
+@@ -411,18 +437,28 @@
              }
  
              EntityVillager entityvillager = (EntityVillager) entityliving;
 -            EntityZombieVillager entityzombievillager = (EntityZombieVillager) entityvillager.convertTo(EntityTypes.ZOMBIE_VILLAGER, false);
 +            // CraftBukkit start
-+            EntityZombieVillager entityzombievillager = (EntityZombieVillager) entityvillager.convertTo(EntityTypes.ZOMBIE_VILLAGER, false, EntityTransformEvent.TransformReason.INFECTION, CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.INFECTION);
-+            if (entityzombievillager == null) {
-+                return;
-+            }
-+            // CraftBukkit end
++            zombifyVillager(worldserver, entityvillager, this.blockPosition(), this.isSilent(), false);
++        }
++    }
  
++    public static EntityZombieVillager zombifyVillager(WorldServer worldserver, EntityVillager entityvillager, net.minecraft.core.BlockPosition blockPosition, boolean silent, boolean custom) {
++        EntityZombieVillager entityzombievillager = (EntityZombieVillager) entityvillager.convertTo(EntityTypes.ZOMBIE_VILLAGER, false, EntityTransformEvent.TransformReason.INFECTION, (custom) ? CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.CUSTOM : CreatureSpawnEvent.SpawnReason.INFECTION);
++        if (entityzombievillager != null) {
++            // CraftBukkit end
              entityzombievillager.finalizeSpawn(worldserver, worldserver.getCurrentDifficultyAt(entityzombievillager.blockPosition()), EnumMobSpawn.CONVERSION, new EntityZombie.GroupDataZombie(false, true), (NBTTagCompound) null);
              entityzombievillager.setVillagerData(entityvillager.getVillagerData());
-@@ -473,7 +504,7 @@
+             entityzombievillager.setGossips((NBTBase) entityvillager.getGossips().store(DynamicOpsNBT.INSTANCE).getValue());
+             entityzombievillager.setTradeOffers(entityvillager.getOffers().createTag());
+             entityzombievillager.setVillagerXp(entityvillager.getVillagerXp());
+-            if (!this.isSilent()) {
+-                worldserver.levelEvent((EntityHuman) null, 1026, this.blockPosition(), 0);
++            // CraftBukkit start
++            if (!silent) {
++                worldserver.levelEvent((EntityHuman) null, 1026, blockPosition, 0);
+             }
++            // CraftBukkit end
+         }
+ 
++        return entityzombievillager; // CraftBukkit
+     }
+ 
+     @Override
+@@ -473,7 +509,7 @@
                          entitychicken1.finalizeSpawn(worldaccess, difficultydamagescaler, EnumMobSpawn.JOCKEY, (GroupDataEntity) null, (NBTTagCompound) null);
                          entitychicken1.setChickenJockey(true);
                          this.startRiding(entitychicken1);
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftVillager.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftVillager.java
index 69adeeb98a..c67ecdbe8e 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftVillager.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftVillager.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import net.minecraft.core.BlockPosition;
 import net.minecraft.core.IRegistry;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.EntityZombie;
+import net.minecraft.world.entity.monster.EntityZombieVillager;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.EntityVillager;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.npc.VillagerProfession;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.BlockBed;
@@ -14,8 +16,7 @@ import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.util.CraftNamespacedKey;
 import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Villager;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Villager.Profession;
-import org.bukkit.entity.Villager.Type;
+import org.bukkit.entity.ZombieVillager;
 
 public class CraftVillager extends CraftAbstractVillager implements Villager {
 
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ public class CraftVillager extends CraftAbstractVillager implements Villager {
         getHandle().setUnhappy();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ZombieVillager zombify() {
+        EntityZombieVillager entityzombievillager = EntityZombie.zombifyVillager(getHandle().level.getMinecraftWorld(), getHandle(), getHandle().blockPosition(), isSilent(), true);
+        return (entityzombievillager != null) ? (ZombieVillager) entityzombievillager.getBukkitEntity() : null;
+    }
+
     public static Profession nmsToBukkitProfession(VillagerProfession nms) {
         return Profession.valueOf(IRegistry.VILLAGER_PROFESSION.getKey(nms).getPath().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
     }