diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
index adfaddf302..84673b4691 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public class EntityPlayer extends EntityHuman implements ICrafting {
         IChatBaseComponent chatmessage = this.aW().b();
 
         String deathmessage = chatmessage.c();
-        org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent event = CraftEventFactory.callPlayerDeathEvent(this, loot, deathmessage);
+        org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent event = CraftEventFactory.callPlayerDeathEvent(this, loot, deathmessage, keepInventory);
 
         String deathMessage = event.getDeathMessage();
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public class EntityPlayer extends EntityHuman implements ICrafting {
         }
 
         // we clean the player's inventory after the EntityDeathEvent is called so plugins can get the exact state of the inventory.
-        if (!keepInventory) {
+        if (!event.getKeepInventory()) {
             for (int i = 0; i < this.inventory.items.length; ++i) {
                 this.inventory.items[i] = null;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/event/CraftEventFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/event/CraftEventFactory.java
index 0fff227f17..9b10c418e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/event/CraftEventFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/event/CraftEventFactory.java
@@ -372,9 +372,10 @@ public class CraftEventFactory {
         return event;
     }
 
-    public static PlayerDeathEvent callPlayerDeathEvent(EntityPlayer victim, List<org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack> drops, String deathMessage) {
+    public static PlayerDeathEvent callPlayerDeathEvent(EntityPlayer victim, List<org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack> drops, String deathMessage, boolean keepInventory) {
         CraftPlayer entity = victim.getBukkitEntity();
         PlayerDeathEvent event = new PlayerDeathEvent(entity, drops, victim.getExpReward(), 0, deathMessage);
+        event.setKeepInventory(keepInventory);
         org.bukkit.World world = entity.getWorld();
         Bukkit.getServer().getPluginManager().callEvent(event);
 
@@ -384,6 +385,10 @@ public class CraftEventFactory {
         victim.expToDrop = event.getDroppedExp();
         victim.newExp = event.getNewExp();
 
+        if (event.getKeepInventory()) {
+            return event;
+        }
+
         for (org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack stack : event.getDrops()) {
             if (stack == null || stack.getType() == Material.AIR) continue;