diff --git a/patches/server/0242-Option-for-sponges-to-work-on-lava.patch b/patches/server/0242-Option-for-sponges-to-work-on-lava.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bac9684aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0242-Option-for-sponges-to-work-on-lava.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: 12emin34 <macanovic.emin@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 20:23:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Option for sponges to work on lava
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/SpongeBlock.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/SpongeBlock.java
+index 5b10e1110f938745c8f9ed0b55960566bc720c30..c97fddfc680a9d1934c751e0e87e287dd9b9c640 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/SpongeBlock.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/block/SpongeBlock.java
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class SpongeBlock extends Block {
+                 // CraftBukkit end
+                 Material material = iblockdata.getMaterial();
+ 
+-                if (fluid.is((Tag) FluidTags.WATER)) {
++                if (fluid.is(FluidTags.WATER) || (world.purpurConfig.spongeAbsorbsLava && fluid.is(FluidTags.LAVA))) {
+                     if (iblockdata.getBlock() instanceof BucketPickup && !((BucketPickup) iblockdata.getBlock()).pickupBlock(blockList, blockposition2, iblockdata).isEmpty()) { // CraftBukkit
+                         ++i;
+                         if (j < world.purpurConfig.spongeAbsorptionRadius) { // Purpur
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+index 538f9d91fddd374f7ab84db300f4afdba352d1db..5ec142cf35268a6a9fa9432dd665b40757ed6356 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/pl3x/purpur/PurpurWorldConfig.java
+@@ -928,9 +928,11 @@ public class PurpurWorldConfig {
+ 
+     public int spongeAbsorptionArea = 64;
+     public int spongeAbsorptionRadius = 6;
++    public boolean spongeAbsorbsLava = false;
+     private void spongeSettings() {
+         spongeAbsorptionArea = getInt("blocks.sponge.absorption.area", spongeAbsorptionArea);
+         spongeAbsorptionRadius = getInt("blocks.sponge.absorption.radius", spongeAbsorptionRadius);
++        spongeAbsorbsLava = getBoolean("blocks.sponge.absorbs-lava", spongeAbsorbsLava);
+     }
+ 
+     public float stonecutterDamage = 0.0F;