diff --git a/src/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java b/src/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
index 1c484df0..fac8434c 100644
--- a/src/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
+++ b/src/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
@@ -197,13 +197,16 @@ public class ItemList
                     timer.reset(item);
 
                     permutations.clear();
-                    permutations.addAll(ItemInfo.getItemOverrides(item));
+                    permutations.addAll(ItemInfo.itemOverrides.get(item));
+
                     if (permutations.isEmpty())
                         item.getSubItems(item, null, permutations);
 
                     if (permutations.isEmpty())
                         damageSearch(item, permutations);
 
+                    permutations.addAll(ItemInfo.itemVariants.get(item));
+
                     timer.reset();
 
                     items.addAll(permutations);
diff --git a/src/codechicken/nei/api/API.java b/src/codechicken/nei/api/API.java
index 63d9fe51..6da0291c 100644
--- a/src/codechicken/nei/api/API.java
+++ b/src/codechicken/nei/api/API.java
@@ -253,4 +253,13 @@ public class API
     public static void addSortOption(String name, Comparator<ItemStack> comparator) {
         ItemSorter.add(name, comparator);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds an additional item list entry for an item, sorted after the rest of the items are found through the normal process
+     * @param item The item to add the variant for
+     * @param variant The stack to appear in the item panel
+     */
+    public static void addItemVariant(Item item, ItemStack variant) {
+        ItemInfo.itemVariants.put(item, variant);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/codechicken/nei/api/ItemInfo.java b/src/codechicken/nei/api/ItemInfo.java
index 52aa7d49..008eb7f4 100644
--- a/src/codechicken/nei/api/ItemInfo.java
+++ b/src/codechicken/nei/api/ItemInfo.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class ItemInfo
     public static final ItemStackSet hiddenItems = new ItemStackSet();
     public static final ItemStackSet finiteItems = new ItemStackSet();
     public static final ArrayListMultimap<Item, ItemStack> itemOverrides = ArrayListMultimap.create();
+    public static final ArrayListMultimap<Item, ItemStack> itemVariants = ArrayListMultimap.create();
 
     public static final LinkedList<IInfiniteItemHandler> infiniteHandlers = new LinkedList<IInfiniteItemHandler>();
     public static final ArrayListMultimap<Block, IHighlightHandler> highlightIdentifiers = ArrayListMultimap.create();
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ public class ItemInfo
         return !finiteItems.contains(stack);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated
+     * Use field directly
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public static List<ItemStack> getItemOverrides(Item item) {
         return itemOverrides.get(item);
     }