diff --git a/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/Config.java b/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/Config.java
index 12656a71..fe85871d 100644
--- a/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/Config.java
+++ b/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/Config.java
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ public enum configType {
             
             put("ignoredheadnames", configType.UNVALIDATED_STRINGLIST);
             put("ignoredheaduuids", configType.UUID_STRINGLIST);
+            
+           put("pretestblockbreak", configType.BOOLEAN);
         }
     };
     /**
diff --git a/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/PlayerHeadsListener.java b/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/PlayerHeadsListener.java
index f7454cfb..da32216b 100644
--- a/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/PlayerHeadsListener.java
+++ b/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/java/org/shininet/bukkit/playerheads/PlayerHeadsListener.java
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ private BlockDropResult blockDrop(BlockEvent event, Block block, BlockState stat
      *
      * @param event the event received
      */
-    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.LOWEST, ignoreCancelled=true)
+    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.LOW, ignoreCancelled=true)
     public void onBlockBreak(BlockBreakEvent event) {
         if (event instanceof SimulatedBlockBreakEvent) {
             return;
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ public void onBlockBreak(BlockBreakEvent event) {
             if (skullType != null) {
 
                 boolean canBreak = true;
-                if (CompatiblePlugins.isReady()) {
+                boolean pretestblockbreak = plugin.getConfig().getBoolean("pretestblockbreak");
+                if (pretestblockbreak && CompatiblePlugins.isReady()) {
                     canBreak = CompatiblePlugins.testBlockBreak(block, player);
                 }
 
diff --git a/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/resources/config.yml b/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/resources/config.yml
index ab8feda2..9adfd0eb 100644
--- a/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/PlayerHeads-core/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ considertameowner: false
 ignoredheadnames: [CSCoreLib,CsCoreLib,CS-CoreLib]
 ignoredheaduuids: []
 
+#control whether PlayerHeads checks for block-break protection before dropping (necessary for accurate results under NoCheatPlus)
+pretestblockbreak: true
+
 
 #modifier for the rate of drops from different sizes of slime/magma cubes.
 #for instance, 1.0 means that the slime drops 100% of the slimedroprate.