diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
index 075676e73..257779bfb 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/connection/DownstreamBridge.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import com.mojang.brigadier.builder.RequiredArgumentBuilder;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.context.StringRange;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.suggestion.Suggestion;
 import com.mojang.brigadier.suggestion.Suggestions;
-import com.mojang.brigadier.tree.LiteralCommandNode;
+import com.mojang.brigadier.tree.CommandNode;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
 import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.tab.TabList;
 public class DownstreamBridge extends PacketHandler
 {
 
+    // #3246: Recent versions of MinecraftForge alter Vanilla behaviour and require a command so that the executable flag is set
+    // If the flag is not set, then the command will appear and successfully tab complete, but cannot be successfully executed
+    private static final com.mojang.brigadier.Command DUMMY_COMMAND = (context) ->
+    {
+        return 0;
+    };
+    //
     private final ProxyServer bungee;
     private final UserConnection con;
     private final ServerConnection server;
@@ -654,9 +661,9 @@ public class DownstreamBridge extends PacketHandler
         {
             if ( !bungee.getDisabledCommands().contains( command.getKey() ) && commands.getRoot().getChild( command.getKey() ) == null && command.getValue().hasPermission( con ) )
             {
-                LiteralCommandNode dummy = LiteralArgumentBuilder.literal( command.getKey() )
+                CommandNode dummy = LiteralArgumentBuilder.literal( command.getKey() ).executes( DUMMY_COMMAND )
                         .then( RequiredArgumentBuilder.argument( "args", StringArgumentType.greedyString() )
-                                .suggests( Commands.SuggestionRegistry.ASK_SERVER ) )
+                                .suggests( Commands.SuggestionRegistry.ASK_SERVER ).executes( DUMMY_COMMAND ) )
                         .build();
                 commands.getRoot().addChild( dummy );