diff --git a/Essentials/pom.xml b/Essentials/pom.xml
index a29fc8b0f..d268d4c4d 100644
--- a/Essentials/pom.xml
+++ b/Essentials/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
             <version>1.7</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>me.clip</groupId>
+            <artifactId>placeholderapi</artifactId>
+            <version>2.10.3</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.papermc</groupId>
             <artifactId>paperlib</artifactId>
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java
index 11ffc46a8..269f54f02 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/textreader/KeywordReplacer.java
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import com.earth2me.essentials.User;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.DateUtil;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.DescParseTickFormat;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.NumberUtil;
+import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPI;
 import net.ess3.api.IEssentials;
+import net.ess3.api.IUser;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Location;
 import org.bukkit.World;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ public class KeywordReplacer implements IText {
     private transient ExecuteTimer execTimer;
     private final transient boolean replaceSpacesWithUnderscores;
     private final EnumMap<KeywordType, Object> keywordCache = new EnumMap<KeywordType, Object>(KeywordType.class);
+    private static Boolean isPAPIAvailable;
 
     public KeywordReplacer(final IText input, final CommandSource sender, final IEssentials ess) {
         this.input = input;
@@ -73,14 +76,19 @@ public class KeywordReplacer implements IText {
 
         for (int i = 0; i < input.getLines().size(); i++) {
             String line = input.getLines().get(i);
-            final Matcher matcher = KEYWORD.matcher(line);
 
+            // Replace in-built keywords
+            final Matcher matcher = KEYWORD.matcher(line);
             while (matcher.find()) {
                 final String fullMatch = matcher.group(0);
                 final String keywordMatch = matcher.group(1);
                 final String[] matchTokens = KEYWORDSPLIT.split(keywordMatch);
                 line = replaceLine(line, fullMatch, matchTokens, user);
             }
+
+            // Replace PlaceholderAPI placeholders if applicable
+            line = replacePAPI(ess, sender, line);
+
             replaced.add(line);
         }
 
@@ -290,7 +298,18 @@ public class KeywordReplacer implements IText {
             }
 
             line = line.replace(fullMatch, replacer);
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {}
+
+        return line;
+    }
+
+    private static String replacePAPI(final IEssentials ess, CommandSource source, String line) {
+        if (isPAPIAvailable == null) {
+            isPAPIAvailable = ess.getServer().getPluginManager().isPluginEnabled("PlaceholderAPI");
+        }
+
+        if (isPAPIAvailable && source.isPlayer()) {
+            line = PlaceholderAPI.setPlaceholders(source.getPlayer(), line);
         }
 
         return line;
diff --git a/Essentials/src/plugin.yml b/Essentials/src/plugin.yml
index 38f798025..86624868c 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/plugin.yml
+++ b/Essentials/src/plugin.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ main: com.earth2me.essentials.Essentials
 version: ${full.version}
 website: http://tiny.cc/EssentialsCommands
 description: Provides an essential, core set of commands for Bukkit.
-softdepend: [Vault]
+softdepend: [Vault, PlaceholderAPI]
 authors: [Zenexer, ementalo, Aelux, Brettflan, KimKandor, snowleo, ceulemans, Xeology, KHobbits, md_5, Iaccidentally, drtshock, vemacs, SupaHam, md678685]
 api-version: 1.13
 commands:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fbf4d7a6..66a81ac12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
             <id>paper-repo</id>
             <url>https://papermc.io/repo/repository/maven-public/</url>
         </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>papi-repo</id>
+            <url>http://repo.extendedclip.com/content/repositories/placeholderapi/</url>
+        </repository>
     </repositories>
 
     <modules>