diff --git a/patches/server/0061-Purpur-Alternative-Keepalive-Handling.patch b/patches/server/0061-Purpur-Alternative-Keepalive-Handling.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec83385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/server/0061-Purpur-Alternative-Keepalive-Handling.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Etil <81570777+etil2jz@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 14:30:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] (Purpur) Alternative Keepalive Handling
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/network/ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/network/ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java
+index a31e066571b98d18cd6805c4037ebc0cefc1f17f..63fd225c449d5ec1e84b4e561b310ae502eb88f4 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/network/ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/network/ServerGamePacketListenerImpl.java
+@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ public class ServerGamePacketListenerImpl implements ServerPlayerConnection, Ser
+     private long keepAliveTime = Util.getMillis();
+     private boolean keepAlivePending;
+     private long keepAliveChallenge;
++	private java.util.List<Long> keepAlives = new java.util.ArrayList<>(); // Purpur
+     // CraftBukkit start - multithreaded fields
+     private AtomicInteger chatSpamTickCount = new AtomicInteger();
+     private final java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger tabSpamLimiter = new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger(); // Paper - configurable tab spam limits
+@@ -357,6 +358,21 @@ public class ServerGamePacketListenerImpl implements ServerPlayerConnection, Ser
+         // This should effectively place the keepalive handling back to "as it was" before 1.12.2
+         long currentTime = Util.getMillis();
+         long elapsedTime = currentTime - this.keepAliveTime;
++		
++		// Purpur start
++        if (xyz.arthurb.mirai.MiraiConfig.useAlternateKeepAlive) {
++            if (elapsedTime >= 1000L) { // 1 second
++                if (!processedDisconnect && keepAlives.size() > KEEPALIVE_LIMIT) {
++                    LOGGER.warn("{} was kicked due to keepalive timeout!", player.getName());
++                    disconnect(new TranslatableComponent("disconnect.timeout"));
++                } else {
++                    keepAliveTime = currentTime; // hijack this field for 1 second intervals
++                    keepAlives.add(currentTime); // currentTime is ID
++                    send(new ClientboundKeepAlivePacket(currentTime));
++                }
++            }
++        } else
++        // Purpur end
+ 
+         if (this.keepAlivePending) {
+             if (!this.processedDisconnect && elapsedTime >= KEEPALIVE_LIMIT) { // check keepalive limit, don't fire if already disconnected
+@@ -3072,6 +3088,16 @@ public class ServerGamePacketListenerImpl implements ServerPlayerConnection, Ser
+ 
+     @Override
+     public void handleKeepAlive(ServerboundKeepAlivePacket packet) {
++		// Purpur start
++        if (xyz.arthurb.mirai.MiraiConfig.useAlternateKeepAlive) {
++            long id = packet.getId();
++            if (keepAlives.size() > 0 && keepAlives.contains(id)) {
++                int ping = (int) (Util.getMillis() - id);
++                player.latency = (player.latency * 3 + ping) / 4;
++                keepAlives.clear(); // we got a valid response, lets roll with it and forget the rest
++            }
++        } else
++        // Purpur end
+         //PlayerConnectionUtils.ensureMainThread(packetplayinkeepalive, this, this.player.getWorldServer()); // CraftBukkit // Paper - This shouldn't be on the main thread
+         if (this.keepAlivePending && packet.getId() == this.keepAliveChallenge) {
+             int i = (int) (Util.getMillis() - this.keepAliveTime);
+diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/arthurb/mirai/MiraiConfig.java b/src/main/java/xyz/arthurb/mirai/MiraiConfig.java
+index 72dad6f85c1307aa99b0506d2dfd6e376b2dd11d..0888a159b08b49ea333d88e1c110c0f9ea707f27 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/xyz/arthurb/mirai/MiraiConfig.java
++++ b/src/main/java/xyz/arthurb/mirai/MiraiConfig.java
+@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+ package xyz.arthurb.mirai;
+ 
++import co.aikar.timings.TimingsManager;
+ import com.destroystokyo.paper.PaperCommand;
+ import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
++import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+ import net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer;
++import net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityDimensions;
++import net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType;
+ import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+ import org.bukkit.command.Command;
++import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
+ import org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException;
+ import org.bukkit.configuration.file.YamlConfiguration;
+ 
+@@ -210,5 +215,11 @@ public class MiraiConfig {
+ 	private static void dontSendUselessEntityPackets() {
+         dontSendUselessEntityPackets = getBoolean("settings.dont-send-useless-entity-packets", dontSendUselessEntityPackets);
+     }
++	
++	public static boolean useAlternateKeepAlive = false;
++	
++	private static void useAlternateKeepAlive() {
++        useAlternateKeepAlive = getBoolean("settings.use-alternate-keepalive", useAlternateKeepAlive);
++    }
+ 
+ }
+\ No newline at end of file