diff --git a/patches/server/0126-Do-not-strip-colors-from-death-messages.patch b/patches/server/0126-Do-not-strip-colors-from-death-messages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43e323861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0126-Do-not-strip-colors-from-death-messages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From b63248b0c6fd20429128a8c67183d35056589252 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: William Blake Galbreath <Blake.Galbreath@GMail.com>
+Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 13:16:02 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not strip colors from death messages
+
+---
+ src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
+index 90305b61fc..ffc849cd48 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/EntityPlayer.java
+@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ public class EntityPlayer extends EntityHuman implements ICrafting {
+ 
+         IChatBaseComponent defaultMessage = this.getCombatTracker().getDeathMessage();
+ 
+-        String deathmessage = defaultMessage.getString();
++        String deathmessage = defaultMessage.getLegacyString();
+         org.bukkit.event.entity.PlayerDeathEvent event = CraftEventFactory.callPlayerDeathEvent(this, loot, deathmessage, keepInventory);
+         // Paper start - cancellable death event
+         if (event.isCancelled()) {
+-- 
+2.24.0
+