diff --git a/dlls/basemonster.h b/dlls/basemonster.h
index 2b04642..8121325 100644
--- a/dlls/basemonster.h
+++ b/dlls/basemonster.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ public:
 
 	float m_flLastYawTime;
 
+	bool m_AllowItemDropping = true;
+
 	bool Save(CSave& save) override;
 	bool Restore(CRestore& restore) override;
 
@@ -356,5 +358,9 @@ public:
 	bool ExitScriptedSequence();
 	bool CineCleanup();
 
-	CBaseEntity* DropItem(const char* pszItemName, const Vector& vecPos, const Vector& vecAng); // drop an item.
+	/**
+	*	@brief Drop an item.
+	*	Will return @c nullptr if item dropping is disabled for this NPC.
+	*/
+	CBaseEntity* DropItem(const char* pszItemName, const Vector& vecPos, const Vector& vecAng);
 };
diff --git a/dlls/monsters.cpp b/dlls/monsters.cpp
index af48098..b70ec54 100644
--- a/dlls/monsters.cpp
+++ b/dlls/monsters.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ TYPEDESCRIPTION CBaseMonster::m_SaveData[] =
 
 		DEFINE_FIELD(CBaseMonster, m_scriptState, FIELD_INTEGER),
 		DEFINE_FIELD(CBaseMonster, m_pCine, FIELD_CLASSPTR),
+		DEFINE_FIELD(CBaseMonster, m_AllowItemDropping, FIELD_BOOLEAN),
 };
 
 //IMPLEMENT_SAVERESTORE( CBaseMonster, CBaseToggle );
@@ -2977,6 +2978,10 @@ bool CBaseMonster::KeyValue(KeyValueData* pkvd)
 		m_iTriggerCondition = atoi(pkvd->szValue);
 		return true;
 	}
+	else if (FStrEq(pkvd->szKeyName, "allow_item_dropping"))
+	{
+		m_AllowItemDropping = atoi(pkvd->szValue) != 0;
+	}
 
 	return CBaseToggle::KeyValue(pkvd);
 }
@@ -3411,7 +3416,12 @@ CBaseEntity* CBaseMonster::DropItem(const char* pszItemName, const Vector& vecPo
 	if (!pszItemName)
 	{
 		ALERT(at_console, "DropItem() - No item name!\n");
-		return NULL;
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	if (!m_AllowItemDropping)
+	{
+		return nullptr;
 	}
 
 	CBaseEntity* pItem = CBaseEntity::Create(pszItemName, vecPos, vecAng, edict());
diff --git a/fgd/halflife.fgd b/fgd/halflife.fgd
index 04705bd..88db304 100644
--- a/fgd/halflife.fgd
+++ b/fgd/halflife.fgd
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@
 		256: "Pre-Disaster" 	: 0
 		512: "Fade Corpse"	: 0
 	]
+	
+	allow_item_dropping(choices) : "Allow Item Dropping" : 1 : "This controls whether this NPC will drop items on death" =
+	[
+		0 : "No"
+		1 : "Yes"
+	]
 ]
 
 @BaseClass = TalkMonster