diff --git a/src/d_player.h b/src/d_player.h
index fba2a6837c4f68c11c8d763e4bd1c6a022e41e1d..362d9863950594cb0dfebf476373a391af65c49b 100644
--- a/src/d_player.h
+++ b/src/d_player.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ typedef enum
 	SF_MULTIABILITY     = 1<<13, // Revenge of Final Demo.
 	SF_NONIGHTSROTATION = 1<<14, // Disable sprite rotation for NiGHTS
 	SF_NONIGHTSSUPER    = 1<<15, // Disable super colors for NiGHTS (if you have SF_SUPER)
+	SF_NOSUPERSPRITES   = 1<<16, // Don't use super sprites while super
 	// free up to and including 1<<31
 } skinflags_t;
 
diff --git a/src/dehacked.c b/src/dehacked.c
index dba759894ab2e857e14dd3d1d34fc508ba7136e4..af3f7528ceda485b21df9b9051335d8b05b14245 100644
--- a/src/dehacked.c
+++ b/src/dehacked.c
@@ -9619,6 +9619,7 @@ struct {
 	{"SF_MULTIABILITY",SF_MULTIABILITY},
 	{"SF_NONIGHTSROTATION",SF_NONIGHTSROTATION},
 	{"SF_NONIGHTSSUPER",SF_NONIGHTSSUPER},
+	{"SF_NOSUPERSPRITES",SF_NOSUPERSPRITES},
 
 	// Dashmode constants
 	{"DASHMODE_THRESHOLD",DASHMODE_THRESHOLD},
diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index f690ad89465d9b47026226ba98880e7b6db2e170..288405d9ba1b029d12602acff94c75da2fa7ee09 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ boolean P_SetPlayerMobjState(mobj_t *mobj, statenum_t state)
 
 			if (skin)
 			{
-				spr2 = P_GetSkinSprite2(skin, (((player->powers[pw_super]) ? FF_SPR2SUPER : 0)|st->frame) & FF_FRAMEMASK, mobj->player);
+				spr2 = P_GetSkinSprite2(skin, (((player->powers[pw_super] && !(player->charflags & SF_NOSUPERSPRITES)) ? FF_SPR2SUPER : 0)|st->frame) & FF_FRAMEMASK, mobj->player);
 				numframes = skin->sprites[spr2].numframes;
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/src/st_stuff.c b/src/st_stuff.c
index 086e80291275cbc174dbe700d5b248e5a78a23a6..ce0480da3cd0f682b56679a65156f7585344b1c2 100644
--- a/src/st_stuff.c
+++ b/src/st_stuff.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static void ST_drawLivesArea(void)
 		// skincolor face/super
 		UINT8 *colormap = R_GetTranslationColormap(stplyr->skin, stplyr->mo->color, GTC_CACHE);
 		patch_t *face = faceprefix[stplyr->skin];
-		if (stplyr->powers[pw_super])
+		if (stplyr->powers[pw_super] && !(stplyr->charflags & SF_NOSUPERSPRITES))
 			face = superprefix[stplyr->skin];
 		V_DrawSmallMappedPatch(hudinfo[HUD_LIVES].x, hudinfo[HUD_LIVES].y,
 			hudinfo[HUD_LIVES].f|V_PERPLAYER|V_HUDTRANS, face, colormap);