diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/ConfigHolder.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/ConfigHolder.java
index d8fd4b50ac0..321f3474de4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/ConfigHolder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/ConfigHolder.java
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ public static class VanillaRecipes {
 
         @Config.Comment("Whether to make vanilla tools and armor recipes harder. Excludes flint and steel, and buckets. Default: false")
         public boolean hardToolArmorRecipes = false;
+
+        @Config.Comment("Whether to disable the vanilla Concrete from Powder with Water behavior, forcing the GT recipe. Default: false")
+        public boolean disableConcreteInWorld = false;
     }
 
     public static class NanoSaberConfiguration {
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/ConcretePowderVisitor.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/ConcretePowderVisitor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cfd1b2b92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/ConcretePowderVisitor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package gregtech.common.asm;
+
+import gregtech.common.asm.util.ObfMapping;
+import org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+
+public class ConcretePowderVisitor extends MethodVisitor implements Opcodes {
+
+    public static final String TARGET_CLASS_NAME = "net/minecraft/block/BlockConcretePowder";
+    public static final String TARGET_SIGNATURE = "(Lnet/minecraft/world/World;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/BlockPos;Lnet/minecraft/block/state/IBlockState;)Z";
+    public static final ObfMapping TARGET_METHOD = new ObfMapping(TARGET_CLASS_NAME, "tryTouchWater", TARGET_SIGNATURE);
+
+    public ConcretePowderVisitor(MethodVisitor mv) {
+        super(Opcodes.ASM5, mv);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void visitCode() {
+        mv.visitInsn(Opcodes.ICONST_0);
+        mv.visitInsn(Opcodes.IRETURN);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/GTCETransformer.java b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/GTCETransformer.java
index c8b02f73817..68905f2248d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/GTCETransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gregtech/common/asm/GTCETransformer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package gregtech.common.asm;
 
+import gregtech.common.ConfigHolder;
 import gregtech.common.asm.util.TargetClassVisitor;
 import net.minecraft.launchwrapper.IClassTransformer;
 import org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader;
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ public byte[] transform(String name, String transformedName, byte[] basicClass)
             ClassWriter classWriter = new ClassWriter(0);
             classReader.accept(new TargetClassVisitor(classWriter, JEIVisitor.TARGET_METHOD, JEIVisitor::new), 0);
             return classWriter.toByteArray();
+        } else if (internalName.equals(ConcretePowderVisitor.TARGET_CLASS_NAME)) {
+            if (ConfigHolder.vanillaRecipes.disableConcreteInWorld) {
+                ClassReader classReader = new ClassReader(basicClass);
+                ClassWriter classWriter = new ClassWriter(ClassWriter.COMPUTE_FRAMES | ClassWriter.COMPUTE_MAXS);
+                classReader.accept(new TargetClassVisitor(classWriter, ConcretePowderVisitor.TARGET_METHOD, ConcretePowderVisitor::new), 0);
+                return classWriter.toByteArray();
+            }
         }
         return basicClass;
     }