diff --git a/src/ChunkMap.cpp b/src/ChunkMap.cpp
index b13337b44..e750ad731 100644
--- a/src/ChunkMap.cpp
+++ b/src/ChunkMap.cpp
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ void cChunkMap::DoExplosionAt(double a_ExplosionSize, double a_BlockX, double a_
 							Handler->ConvertToPickups(Drops, area.GetBlockMeta(bx + x, by + y, bz + z)); // Stone becomes cobblestone, coal ore becomes coal, etc.
 							m_World->SpawnItemPickups(Drops, bx + x, by + y, bz + z);
 						}
-						else if (m_World->GetTickRandomNumber(100) < 20) // 20% chance of flinging stuff around
+						else if (m_World->IsTNTShrapnelEnabled() && (m_World->GetTickRandomNumber(100) < 20)) // 20% chance of flinging stuff around
 						{
 							if (!cBlockInfo::FullyOccupiesVoxel(area.GetBlockType(bx + x, by + y, bz + z)))
 							{
diff --git a/src/World.cpp b/src/World.cpp
index d6b88f187..89d0cf454 100644
--- a/src/World.cpp
+++ b/src/World.cpp
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ cWorld::cWorld(const AString & a_WorldName) :
 	m_SkyDarkness(0),
 	m_Weather(eWeather_Sunny),
 	m_WeatherInterval(24000),  // Guaranteed 1 day of sunshine at server start :)
-	m_bCommandBlocksEnabled(false),
-	m_bUseChatPrefixes(true),
 	m_Scoreboard(this),
 	m_MapManager(this),
 	m_GeneratorCallbacks(*this),
@@ -554,6 +552,7 @@ void cWorld::Start(void)
 	m_IsSugarcaneBonemealable   = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Plants",        "IsSugarcaneBonemealable",   false);
 	m_IsDeepSnowEnabled         = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Physics",       "DeepSnow",                  true);
 	m_ShouldLavaSpawnFire       = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Physics",       "ShouldLavaSpawnFire",       true);
+	m_bTNTSpawnsShrapnel        = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Physics",       "IsTNTShrapnelEnabled",      true);
 	m_bCommandBlocksEnabled     = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Mechanics",     "CommandBlocksEnabled",      false);
 	m_bEnabledPVP               = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Mechanics",     "PVPEnabled",                true);
 	m_bUseChatPrefixes          = IniFile.GetValueSetB("Mechanics",     "UseChatPrefixes",           true);
diff --git a/src/World.h b/src/World.h
index 4b74f7aba..d7d5b5059 100644
--- a/src/World.h
+++ b/src/World.h
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ public:
 	bool AreCommandBlocksEnabled(void) const { return m_bCommandBlocksEnabled; }
 	void SetCommandBlocksEnabled(bool a_Flag) { m_bCommandBlocksEnabled = a_Flag; }
 
+	bool IsTNTShrapnelEnabled(void) const { return m_bTNTSpawnsShrapnel; }
+	void SetTNTShrapnelEnabled(bool a_Flag) { m_bTNTSpawnsShrapnel = a_Flag; }
+
 	bool ShouldUseChatPrefixes(void) const { return m_bUseChatPrefixes; }
 	void SetShouldUseChatPrefixes(bool a_Flag) { m_bUseChatPrefixes = a_Flag; }
 	
@@ -847,6 +850,9 @@ private:
 	
 	/** Whether prefixes such as [INFO] are prepended to SendMessageXXX() / BroadcastChatXXX() functions */
 	bool m_bUseChatPrefixes;
+
+	/** Whether TNT explosions, done via cWorld::DoExplosionAt(), should project random affected blocks as FallingBlock entities */
+	bool m_bTNTSpawnsShrapnel;
 	
 
 	cChunkGenerator  m_Generator;