diff --git a/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/mixin/MixinItemRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/mixin/MixinItemRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07079860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/minelittlepony/client/mixin/MixinItemRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.minelittlepony.client.mixin;
+
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
+
+import com.minelittlepony.client.render.LevitatingItemRenderer;
+
+import net.minecraft.client.render.RenderLayer;
+import net.minecraft.client.render.VertexConsumer;
+import net.minecraft.client.render.VertexConsumerProvider;
+import net.minecraft.client.render.item.ItemRenderer;
+
+@Mixin(ItemRenderer.class)
+abstract class MixinItemRenderer {
+    private static final String VertexConsumerProvider = "Lnet/minecraft/client/render/VertexConsumerProvider;";
+    private static final String VertexConsumer = "Lnet/minecraft/client/render/VertexConsumer;";
+    private static final String RenderLayer = "Lnet/minecraft/client/render/RenderLayer;";
+
+    private static final String Boolean = "Z";
+
+    @Inject(method = "getArmorVertexConsumer(" + VertexConsumerProvider + RenderLayer + Boolean + Boolean + ")" + VertexConsumer, at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true)
+    private static void onGetArmorVertexConsumer(VertexConsumerProvider provider, RenderLayer layer, boolean solid, boolean glint, CallbackInfoReturnable<VertexConsumer> info) {
+        if (LevitatingItemRenderer.usesTransparency()) {
+            info.setReturnValue(provider.getBuffer(LevitatingItemRenderer.getRenderLayer()));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/minelp.mixin.json b/src/main/resources/minelp.mixin.json
index 6758df37..88f0aee1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/minelp.mixin.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/minelp.mixin.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         "MixinEntityRenderDispatcher",
         "MixinSkullBlockEntityRenderer",
         "MixinFirstPersonRenderer",
+        "MixinItemRenderer",
         "MixinTexturedRenderLayers",
         "MixinSpriteIdentifier",
         "MixinClientPlayerEntity",