diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/Event.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/Event.java
index 4380734689..0db9179757 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/Event.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/Event.java
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ public abstract class Event {
          */
         PLAYER_ITEM_HELD (Category.PLAYER),
 
+        /**
+         * Called when a player drops an item
+         *
+         * @see org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerDropItemEvent
+         */
+        PLAYER_DROP_ITEM (Category.PLAYER),
+
         /**
          * BLOCK EVENTS
          */
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerDropItemEvent.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerDropItemEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0980c2c383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerDropItemEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+package org.bukkit.event.player;
+
+import org.bukkit.entity.ItemDrop;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.Cancellable;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when a player drops an item from their inventory
+ */
+public class PlayerDropItemEvent extends PlayerEvent implements Cancellable {
+    private final ItemDrop drop;
+    private boolean cancel = false;
+
+    public PlayerDropItemEvent(final Type type, final Player player, final ItemDrop drop) {
+        super(type, player);
+        this.drop = drop;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the ItemDrop created by the player
+     *
+     * @return ItemDrop
+     */
+    public ItemDrop getItemDrop() {
+        return drop;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the cancellation state of this event. A cancelled event will not
+     * be executed in the server, but will still pass to other plugins
+     *
+     * @return true if this event is cancelled
+     */
+    public boolean isCancelled() {
+        return cancel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the cancellation state of this event. A cancelled event will not
+     * be executed in the server, but will still pass to other plugins
+     *
+     * @param cancel true if you wish to cancel this event
+     */
+    public void setCancelled(boolean cancel) {
+        this.cancel = cancel;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerListener.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerListener.java
index 3ab8d0374f..8905d7d11c 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerListener.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/player/PlayerListener.java
@@ -105,4 +105,12 @@ public class PlayerListener implements Listener {
      */
     public void onItemHeldChange(PlayerItemHeldEvent event) {
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Called when a player drops an item from their inventory
+     *
+     * @param event Relevant event details
+     */
+    public void onPlayerDropItem(PlayerDropItemEvent event) {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
index 8dc65d3ca3..064739b1e4 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ public final class JavaPluginLoader implements PluginLoader {
                     ((PlayerListener)listener).onItemHeldChange( (PlayerItemHeldEvent)event );
                 }
             };
+        case PLAYER_DROP_ITEM:
+            return new EventExecutor() { public void execute( Listener listener, Event event ) {
+                    ((PlayerListener)listener).onPlayerDropItem( (PlayerDropItemEvent)event );
+                }
+            };
 
         // Block Events
         case BLOCK_PHYSICS: