diff --git a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
index d79e49a2..f78da40e 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
@@ -376,7 +376,9 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         private static bool HandleSendTileSquare(GetDataHandlerArgs args)
         {
-        	
+            if (args.Player.Group.HasPermission(Permissions.allowclientsideworldedit))
+                return false;
+
             var size = args.Data.ReadInt16();
             var tileX = args.Data.ReadInt32();
             var tileY = args.Data.ReadInt32();
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs b/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs
index 8ff95f71..5618ed98 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Permissions.cs
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         [Description("Bypass Server Side Inventory checks")]
         public static readonly string bypassinventorychecks;
+
+        [Description("Allow unrestricted Send Tile Square usage, for client side world editing")] 
+        public static readonly string allowclientsideworldedit;
 		
 
         static Permissions()