diff --git a/Content.Server/Body/Systems/MetabolizerSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Body/Systems/MetabolizerSystem.cs
index d05e6c7f79..e5f604f70d 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Body/Systems/MetabolizerSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Body/Systems/MetabolizerSystem.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.Body.Systems
                     // still remove reagents
                     if (EntityManager.TryGetComponent<MobStateComponent>(solutionEntityUid.Value, out var state))
                     {
-                        if (_mobStateSystem.IsDead(solutionEntityUid.Value, state))
+                        if (!proto.WorksOnTheDead && _mobStateSystem.IsDead(solutionEntityUid.Value, state))
                             continue;
                     }
 
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Chemistry/Reagent/ReagentPrototype.cs b/Content.Shared/Chemistry/Reagent/ReagentPrototype.cs
index c9ce5f357c..0eea8b2bae 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Chemistry/Reagent/ReagentPrototype.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Chemistry/Reagent/ReagentPrototype.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Chemistry.Reagent
         [DataField]
         public float Viscosity;
 
+         /// <summary>
+        /// Should this reagent work on the dead?
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataField]
+        public bool WorksOnTheDead;
+
         [DataField(serverOnly: true)]
         public FrozenDictionary<ProtoId<MetabolismGroupPrototype>, ReagentEffectsEntry>? Metabolisms;