diff --git a/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/LegacyFixesConfig.java b/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/LegacyFixesConfig.java
index 0b368ab..20e8e2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/LegacyFixesConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/LegacyFixesConfig.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class LegacyFixesConfig {
     public static boolean bedSpawnFix = true;
     public static boolean chatLinebreakFix = false;
     public static boolean doubleDoors = true;
+    public static boolean hungerless = false;
     public static boolean jumpClimbing = true;
     public static boolean keepXP = false;
     public static boolean mc5694Fix = true;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ public static void synchronizeConfiguration(File configFile) {
         bedSpawnFix = configuration.getBoolean("bedSpawnFix", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, bedSpawnFix, "Allows beds to set a player's spawn point during the day (as in 1.15+)");
         chatLinebreakFix = configuration.getBoolean("chatLinebreakFix", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, chatLinebreakFix, "Fixes line breaks in chat not rendering properly, but breaks certain formatting in fixed chat messages");
         doubleDoors = configuration.getBoolean("doubleDoors", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, doubleDoors, "Makes double doors open simultaneously");
+        hungerless = configuration.getBoolean("hungerless", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, hungerless, "Makes the hunger system always act as if the difficulty is set to Peaceful");
         jumpClimbing = configuration.getBoolean("jumpClimbing", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, jumpClimbing, "Allows climbing ladders by jumping (incompat with slideClimbing)");
         keepXP = configuration.getBoolean("keepXP", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, keepXP, "Players keep their experience level / points on death");
         mc5694Fix = configuration.getBoolean("mc5694Fix", Configuration.CATEGORY_GENERAL, mc5694Fix, "Try to fix MC-5694 (\"High efficiency tools / fast mining destroys some blocks client-side only\")");
diff --git a/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/mixin/FoodStatsMixin.java b/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/mixin/FoodStatsMixin.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc66ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/cc/unilock/legacyfixes/mixin/FoodStatsMixin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package cc.unilock.legacyfixes.mixin;
+
+import cc.unilock.legacyfixes.LegacyFixesConfig;
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.ModifyExpressionValue;
+import net.minecraft.util.FoodStats;
+import net.minecraft.world.EnumDifficulty;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+
+@Mixin(FoodStats.class)
+public class FoodStatsMixin {
+    @ModifyExpressionValue(method = "Lnet/minecraft/util/FoodStats;onUpdate(Lnet/minecraft/entity/player/EntityPlayer;)V", at = @At(value = "FIELD", target = "Lnet/minecraft/world/World;difficultySetting:Lnet/minecraft/world/EnumDifficulty;", opcode = Opcodes.GETFIELD))
+    private EnumDifficulty legacyfixes$difficultySetting(EnumDifficulty original) {
+        return LegacyFixesConfig.hungerless ? EnumDifficulty.PEACEFUL : original;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/mixins.legacyfixes.json b/src/main/resources/mixins.legacyfixes.json
index 47ae7be..0c3893e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/mixins.legacyfixes.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/mixins.legacyfixes.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "BlockFarmlandMixin",
     "EntityLivingBaseMixin",
     "EntityPlayerMixin",
+    "FoodStatsMixin",
     "ItemInWorldManagerMixin",
     "accessor.EntityPlayerAccessor"
   ],