diff --git a/nms-patches/EntityMushroomCow.patch b/nms-patches/EntityMushroomCow.patch
index 00ee0bd481..36e1818843 100644
--- a/nms-patches/EntityMushroomCow.patch
+++ b/nms-patches/EntityMushroomCow.patch
@@ -47,3 +47,12 @@
  
                      for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
                          this.world.addEntity(new EntityItem(this.world, this.locX, this.locY + (double) this.getHeight(), this.locZ, new ItemStack(this.dV().d.getBlock())));
+@@ -156,7 +176,7 @@
+         return Pair.of(blockflowers.d(), blockflowers.e());
+     }
+ 
+-    private void a(EntityMushroomCow.Type entitymushroomcow_type) {
++    public void a(EntityMushroomCow.Type entitymushroomcow_type) { // PAIL
+         this.datawatcher.set(EntityMushroomCow.bz, entitymushroomcow_type.c);
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftMushroomCow.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftMushroomCow.java
index c1ae676f24..5d1f2741eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftMushroomCow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftMushroomCow.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.bukkit.craftbukkit.entity;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import net.minecraft.server.EntityMushroomCow;
 import org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer;
 import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
@@ -15,11 +16,24 @@ public class CraftMushroomCow extends CraftCow implements MushroomCow {
         return (EntityMushroomCow) entity;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Variant getVariant() {
+        return Variant.values()[getHandle().dV().ordinal()];
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setVariant(Variant variant) {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(variant != null, "variant");
+
+        getHandle().a(EntityMushroomCow.Type.values()[variant.ordinal()]);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "CraftMushroomCow";
     }
 
+    @Override
     public EntityType getType() {
         return EntityType.MUSHROOM_COW;
     }