diff --git a/patches/server/0263-Configurable-minimum-demand-for-trades.patch b/patches/server/0263-Configurable-minimum-demand-for-trades.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..742a3f0bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0263-Configurable-minimum-demand-for-trades.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Totorewa <76272501+totorewa@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 21:34:57 +1300
+Subject: [PATCH] Configurable minimum demand for trades
+
+Addresses MC-163962 where villager demand decreases indefinitely. Paper
+adds a patch to fix this by preventing demand from going below zero.
+This patch adds a config option to allow the minimum demand to instead
+be configurable.
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/npc/Villager.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/npc/Villager.java
+index 9755517f0c1d66db5bfd00946114fab5db6776d6..b9f228d660b2279284e64fc3bbfa90fc7d2d20b0 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/npc/Villager.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/entity/npc/Villager.java
+@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ public class Villager extends AbstractVillager implements ReputationEventHandler
+         while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+             MerchantOffer merchantrecipe = (MerchantOffer) iterator.next();
+ 
+-            merchantrecipe.updateDemand();
++            merchantrecipe.updateDemand(this.level.purpurConfig.villagerMinimumDemand); // Purpur
+         }
+ 
+     }
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/item/trading/MerchantOffer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/item/trading/MerchantOffer.java
+index c9cb0717c2793acd5b5870a6cc4d672d69a40026..9a402505375af2051673245ec0a1daf9f3a66dc7 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/item/trading/MerchantOffer.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/item/trading/MerchantOffer.java
+@@ -132,7 +132,12 @@ public class MerchantOffer {
+     }
+ 
+     public void updateDemand() {
+-        this.demand = Math.max(0, this.demand + this.uses - (this.maxUses - this.uses)); // Paper
++        // Purpur start
++        this.updateDemand(0);
++    }
++    public void updateDemand(int minimumDemand) {
++        this.demand = Math.max(minimumDemand, this.demand + this.uses - (this.maxUses - this.uses));
++        // Purpur end
+     }
+ 
+     public ItemStack assemble() {
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+index 8a2ecb3a3728cc603017a1d5f06be1d5fb3d47a8..287941dc162c47303ec12c18c0ea4747169ffcd6 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/purpurmc/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+@@ -2663,6 +2663,7 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+     public boolean villagerTakeDamageFromWater = false;
+     public boolean villagerAllowTrading = true;
+     public boolean villagerAlwaysDropExp = false;
++    public int villagerMinimumDemand = 0;
+     private void villagerSettings() {
+         villagerRidable = getBoolean("mobs.villager.ridable", villagerRidable);
+         villagerRidableInWater = getBoolean("mobs.villager.ridable-in-water", villagerRidableInWater);
+@@ -2687,6 +2688,7 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+         villagerTakeDamageFromWater = getBoolean("mobs.villager.takes-damage-from-water", villagerTakeDamageFromWater);
+         villagerAllowTrading = getBoolean("mobs.villager.allow-trading", villagerAllowTrading);
+         villagerAlwaysDropExp = getBoolean("mobs.villager.always-drop-exp", villagerAlwaysDropExp);
++        villagerMinimumDemand = getInt("mobs.villager.minimum-demand", villagerMinimumDemand);
+     }
+ 
+     public boolean vindicatorRidable = false;