diff --git a/patches/server/0198-Config-for-powered-rail-activation-distance.patch b/patches/server/0198-Config-for-powered-rail-activation-distance.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d04fe0e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0198-Config-for-powered-rail-activation-distance.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Encode42 <me@encode42.dev>
+Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:10:03 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Config for powered rail activation distance
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/BlockPoweredRail.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/BlockPoweredRail.java
+index b26e168fbf49bbe7ec981b5b186c94ca67827f4a..bc91c96a29dcc60c578b342055b8eaf3e620a81d 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/BlockPoweredRail.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/BlockPoweredRail.java
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class BlockPoweredRail extends BlockMinecartTrackAbstract {
+     }
+ 
+     protected boolean a(World world, BlockPosition blockposition, IBlockData iblockdata, boolean flag, int i) {
+-        if (i >= 8) {
++        if (i >= world.purpurConfig.railActivationRange) { // Purpur
+             return false;
+         } else {
+             int j = blockposition.getX();
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+index adbb934ce58a0ece9839d35369f830e4028c197c..a3cca259f03d6ee0551bd075ceaa91ffb8fa21fc 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+@@ -539,6 +539,11 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+         lavaSpeedNotNether = getInt("blocks.lava.speed.not-nether", lavaSpeedNotNether);
+     }
+ 
++    public int railActivationRange = 8;
++    private void railSettings() {
++        railActivationRange = getInt("blocks.powered-rail.activation-range", railActivationRange);
++    }
++
+     public boolean respawnAnchorExplode = true;
+     public double respawnAnchorExplosionPower = 5.0D;
+     public boolean respawnAnchorExplosionFire = true;