diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/entity/LivingEntity.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/entity/LivingEntity.java.patch
index 2321619e02..62ef1c3195 100644
--- a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/entity/LivingEntity.java.patch
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/world/entity/LivingEntity.java.patch
@@ -524,14 +524,12 @@
              this.completeUsingItem();
          }
      }
-@@ -3032,8 +_,12 @@
+@@ -3032,8 +_,10 @@
      public void startUsingItem(InteractionHand p_21159_) {
          ItemStack itemstack = this.getItemInHand(p_21159_);
          if (!itemstack.isEmpty() && !this.isUsingItem()) {
 +            int duration = net.minecraftforge.event.ForgeEventFactory.onItemUseStart(this, itemstack, itemstack.getUseDuration());
-+            if (duration <= 0) {
-+                return;
-+            }
++            if (duration < net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeConfig.SERVER.getUseItemDuration()) return;
              this.useItem = itemstack;
 -            this.useItemRemaining = itemstack.getUseDuration();
 +            this.useItemRemaining = duration;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java
index 8c62cd4893..eebced1fc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public class ForgeConfig {
 
         public final BooleanValue advertiseDedicatedServerToLan;
 
+        public final BooleanValue useItemWithDurationZero;
+
         Server(ForgeConfigSpec.Builder builder) {
             builder.comment("Server configuration settings")
                    .push("server");
@@ -58,8 +60,17 @@ public class ForgeConfig {
                     .translation("forge.configgui.advertiseDedicatedServerToLan")
                     .define("advertiseDedicatedServerToLan", true);
 
+            useItemWithDurationZero = builder
+                    .comment("Set this to true to enable living entities to use items with durations of 0. Fixes being able to use Eyes of Ender repeatedly by holding down the use button. Disabled by default as it could change interactions with items of existing mods.")
+                    .translation("forge.configgui.useItemWithDurationZero")
+                    .define("useItemWithDurationZero", false);
+
             builder.pop();
         }
+
+        public final int getUseItemDuration() {
+            return useItemWithDurationZero.get() ? 0 : 1;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/living/LivingEntityUseItemEvent.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/living/LivingEntityUseItemEvent.java
index be4875808d..6650ee6c98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/living/LivingEntityUseItemEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/event/entity/living/LivingEntityUseItemEvent.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class LivingEntityUseItemEvent extends LivingEvent
      *   Drinking Potions/Milk
      *   Guarding with a sword
      *
-     * Cancel the event, or set the duration or {@literal <=} 0 to prevent it from processing.
+     * Cancel the event, or set the duration or {@literal <} 0 to prevent it from processing.
      *
      */
     @Cancelable
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json
index 2dd4206c81..7adde0ef1e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
   "forge.configgui.skipEmptyShapelessCheck":  "Skip checking for empty ingredients in Shapeless Recipe Deserialization",
   "forge.configgui.forceSystemNanoTime.tooltip": "Force the use of System.nanoTime instead of glfwGetTime as the main client Time provider.",
   "forge.configgui.forceSystemNanoTime": "Force System.nanoTime",
+  "forge.configgui.useItemWithDurationZero": "Allow Use Item with Duration of 0",
+  "forge.configgui.useItemWithDurationZero.tooltip": "Set this to true to enable living entities to use items with durations of 0. Fixes being able to use Eyes of Ender repeatedly by holding down the use button. Disabled by default as it could change interactions with items of existing mods.",
 
   "forge.configgui.zoomInMissingModelTextInGui.tooltip": "Toggle off to make missing model text in the gui fit inside the slot.",
   "forge.configgui.zoomInMissingModelTextInGui": "Zoom in Missing model text in the GUI",