diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/LocalConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/LocalConfiguration.java
index b1cac8eb8..d10ed86ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/LocalConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/LocalConfiguration.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public abstract class LocalConfiguration {
             };
 
     public boolean profile = false;
+    public boolean enableWECUI = true;
     public Set<Integer> disallowedBlocks = new HashSet<Integer>();
     public int defaultChangeLimit = -1;
     public int maxChangeLimit = -1;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java
index 22307800f..503bf2b45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/bukkit/BukkitPlayer.java
@@ -137,13 +137,15 @@ public class BukkitPlayer extends LocalPlayer {
         if (plugin.hasPluginChannelCUI(getName())) {
             player.sendPluginMessage(plugin, WorldEditPlugin.CUI_PLUGIN_CHANNEL, send.getBytes(CUIChannelListener.UTF_8_CHARSET));
         } else {
-            player.sendRawMessage("\u00A75\u00A76\u00A74\u00A75" + send);
+            if (plugin.getLocalConfiguration().enableWECUI) {
+                player.sendRawMessage("\u00A75\u00A76\u00A74\u00A75" + send);
+            }
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void dispatchCUIHandshake() {
-        if (!plugin.hasPluginChannelCUI(getName())) {
+        if (!plugin.hasPluginChannelCUI(getName()) && plugin.getLocalConfiguration().enableWECUI) {
             player.sendRawMessage("\u00A75\u00A76\u00A74\u00A75");
             player.sendRawMessage("\u00A74\u00A75\u00A73\u00A74");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/PropertiesConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/PropertiesConfiguration.java
index 50a173868..2a662c7b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/PropertiesConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/PropertiesConfiguration.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class PropertiesConfiguration extends LocalConfiguration {
         }
 
         profile = getBool("profile", profile);
+        enableWECUI = getBool("enable-wecui-handshake", enableWECUI);
         disallowedBlocks = getIntSet("disallowed-blocks", defaultDisallowedBlocks);
         defaultChangeLimit = getInt("default-max-changed-blocks", defaultChangeLimit);
         maxChangeLimit = getInt("max-changed-blocks", maxChangeLimit);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/YAMLConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/YAMLConfiguration.java
index f1a9fcfe7..95846d5f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/YAMLConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/util/YAMLConfiguration.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public class YAMLConfiguration extends LocalConfiguration {
         showFirstUseVersion = false;
 
         profile = config.getBoolean("debug", profile);
+        enableWECUI = config.getBoolean("enable-wecui-handshake", enableWECUI);
         wandItem = config.getInt("wand-item", wandItem);
         defaultChangeLimit = Math.max(-1, config.getInt(
                 "limits.max-blocks-changed.default", defaultChangeLimit));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config.yml b/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 42c6f11f2..c8f550fb2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ wand-item: 271
 shell-save-type: 
 no-double-slash: false
 no-op-permissions: false
-debug: false
\ No newline at end of file
+debug: false
+enable-wecui-handshake: true
\ No newline at end of file