diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSection.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSection.java
index 0843c04ec4..3bd6fe3749 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSection.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSection.java
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ public interface ConfigurationSection {
      * @return Newly created section
      */
     public ConfigurationSection createSection(String path);
+    
+    /**
+     * Creates a {@link ConfigurationSection} at the specified path, with specified values.
+     * <p>
+     * Any value that was previously set at this path will be overwritten. If the
+     * previous value was itself a {@link ConfigurationSection}, it will be orphaned.
+     *
+     * @param path Path to create the section at.
+     * @return Newly created section
+     */
+    public ConfigurationSection createSection(String path, Map<String, Object> map);
 
     // Primitives
     /**
diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/MemorySection.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/MemorySection.java
index 46965c2312..68254d0a3e 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/MemorySection.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/configuration/MemorySection.java
@@ -266,6 +266,20 @@ public class MemorySection implements ConfigurationSection {
             return section.createSection(key);
         }
     }
+    
+    public ConfigurationSection createSection(String path, Map<String, Object> map) {
+        ConfigurationSection section = createSection(path);
+
+        for(Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+            if(entry.getValue() instanceof Map) {
+                section.createSection(entry.getKey(), (Map<String, Object>)entry.getValue());
+            } else {
+                section.set(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+
+        return section;
+    }
 
     // Primitives
     public String getString(String path) {
diff --git a/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSectionTest.java b/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSectionTest.java
index 6834bfda8d..6810f81763 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSectionTest.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationSectionTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.bukkit.configuration;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
@@ -182,6 +183,19 @@ public abstract class ConfigurationSectionTest {
         assertEquals("subsection", subsection.getName());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSectionMap() {
+        ConfigurationSection config = getConfigurationSection();
+        Map<String, Object> testMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+        
+        testMap.put("string", "Hello World");
+        testMap.put("integer", 15);
+        
+        config.createSection("test.path", testMap);
+        
+        assertEquals(testMap, config.getConfigurationSection("test.path").getValues(false));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetString_String() {
         ConfigurationSection section = getConfigurationSection();
diff --git a/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java b/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java
index 20e6f21da8..a1671d35eb 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/test/java/org/bukkit/configuration/ConfigurationTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.bukkit.configuration;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;