diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/Limb.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/Limb.cs
index 63811fdd4..a84ee186a 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/Limb.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Characters/Limb.cs
@@ -88,15 +88,19 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
                 Vector2 origin = wearable.Sprite.Origin;
                 if (body.Dir == -1.0f) origin.X = wearable.Sprite.SourceRect.Width - origin.X;
+                
+                float depth = wearable.Sprite.Depth;
 
-                float depth = sprite.Depth - 0.000001f;
-
-                if (wearable.DepthLimb != LimbType.None)
+                if (wearable.InheritLimbDepth)
                 {
-                    Limb depthLimb = character.AnimController.GetLimb(wearable.DepthLimb);
-                    if (depthLimb != null)
+                    depth = sprite.Depth - 0.000001f;
+                    if (wearable.DepthLimb != LimbType.None)
                     {
-                        depth = depthLimb.sprite.Depth - 0.000001f;
+                        Limb depthLimb = character.AnimController.GetLimb(wearable.DepthLimb);
+                        if (depthLimb != null)
+                        {
+                            depth = depthLimb.sprite.Depth - 0.000001f;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Wearable.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Wearable.cs
index 73c776303..bee47f0bc 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Wearable.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Wearable.cs
@@ -8,18 +8,19 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
 {
     class WearableSprite
     {
-        public Sprite Sprite;
-        public bool HideLimb;
-        public LimbType DepthLimb;
+        public readonly Sprite Sprite;
+        public readonly bool HideLimb;
+        public readonly bool InheritLimbDepth;
+        public readonly LimbType DepthLimb;
 
-        public Wearable WearableComponent;
+        public readonly Wearable WearableComponent;
 
-        public WearableSprite(Wearable item, Sprite sprite, bool hideLimb, LimbType depthLimb = LimbType.None)
+        public WearableSprite(Wearable item, Sprite sprite, bool hideLimb, bool inheritLimbDepth = true, LimbType depthLimb = LimbType.None)
         {
             WearableComponent = item;
             Sprite = sprite;
             HideLimb = hideLimb;
-
+            InheritLimbDepth = inheritLimbDepth;
             DepthLimb = depthLimb;
         }
     }
@@ -88,9 +89,10 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
                 spritePath = Path.GetDirectoryName( item.Prefab.ConfigFile)+"/"+spritePath;
 
                 var sprite = new Sprite(subElement, "", spritePath);
-                wearableSprites[i] = new WearableSprite(this, sprite, ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "hidelimb", false),
-                    (LimbType)Enum.Parse(typeof(LimbType),
-                    ToolBox.GetAttributeString(subElement, "depthlimb", "None"), true));
+                wearableSprites[i] = new WearableSprite(this, sprite, 
+                    ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "hidelimb", false),
+                    ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "inheritlimbdepth", true),
+                    (LimbType)Enum.Parse(typeof(LimbType), ToolBox.GetAttributeString(subElement, "depthlimb", "None"), true));
 
                 limbType[i] = (LimbType)Enum.Parse(typeof(LimbType),
                     ToolBox.GetAttributeString(subElement, "limb", "Head"), true);