diff --git a/src/main/java/me/mixces/animatium/mixins/renderer/item/MixinHeldItemRenderer.java b/src/main/java/me/mixces/animatium/mixins/renderer/item/MixinHeldItemRenderer.java
index 1ae4742..b5d80c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/mixces/animatium/mixins/renderer/item/MixinHeldItemRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/mixces/animatium/mixins/renderer/item/MixinHeldItemRenderer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package me.mixces.animatium.mixins.renderer.item;
 
+import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.ModifyReturnValue;
 import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.Operation;
 import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.injector.wrapoperation.WrapOperation;
 import com.llamalad7.mixinextras.sugar.Local;
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ public abstract class MixinHeldItemRenderer {
         }
     }
 
+    @ModifyReturnValue(method = "shouldSkipHandAnimationOnSwap", at = @At("RETURN"))
+    private boolean animatium$doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap(boolean original) {
+        return !AnimatiumConfig.getInstance().getDoNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap() && original;
+    }
+
     @Inject(method = "renderFirstPersonItem",
             at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/render/item/HeldItemRenderer;applyEquipOffset(Lnet/minecraft/client/util/math/MatrixStack;Lnet/minecraft/util/Arm;F)V", shift = At.Shift.AFTER),
             slice = @Slice(
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/me/mixces/animatium/config/AnimatiumConfig.kt b/src/main/kotlin/me/mixces/animatium/config/AnimatiumConfig.kt
index 470f3ac..7dbb1fa 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/me/mixces/animatium/config/AnimatiumConfig.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/me/mixces/animatium/config/AnimatiumConfig.kt
@@ -681,6 +681,17 @@ class AnimatiumConfig {
                                 .controller(TickBoxControllerBuilder::create)
                                 .build()
                         )
+                        otherGroup.option(
+                            Option.createBuilder<Boolean>()
+                                .name(Text.translatable("animatium.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap"))
+                                .description(OptionDescription.of(Text.translatable("animatium.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap.description")))
+                                .binding(
+                                    defaults.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap,
+                                    { config.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap },
+                                    { newVal -> config.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap = newVal })
+                                .controller(TickBoxControllerBuilder::create)
+                                .build()
+                        )
                         otherGroup.option(
                             Option.createBuilder<Boolean>()
                                 .name(Text.translatable("animatium.disableItemUsingTextureInGui"))
@@ -968,6 +979,7 @@ class AnimatiumConfig {
     @SerialEntry var tiltItemPositionsInThirdperson = true
     @SerialEntry var applyItemSwingUsage = true
     @SerialEntry var removeEquipAnimationOnItemUse = true
+    @SerialEntry var doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap = true
     @SerialEntry var disableItemUsingTextureInGui = true
     @SerialEntry var itemDropsFaceCamera = true
     @SerialEntry var itemDrops2D = true
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/animatium/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/animatium/lang/en_us.json
index 02f5bc4..29f277a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/animatium/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/animatium/lang/en_us.json
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
 	"animatium.applyItemSwingUsage.description": "Block hitting (apply swing offset in item usage code).",
 	"animatium.removeEquipAnimationOnItemUse": "Remove the equip animation when using a item",
 	"animatium.removeEquipAnimationOnItemUse.description": "Fixes the blocking animation which plays the equip animation on use, and others.",
+	"animatium.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap": "Do not skip hand animation on swap",
+	"animatium.doNotSkipHandAnimationOnSwap.description": "Remove check enabling items of the same type to not show the hand animation while swapping like in <=1.7.x.",
 	"animatium.disableItemUsingTextureInGui": "Disable item usage texture in GUI",
 	"animatium.disableItemUsingTextureInGui.description": "Disables the item usage texture in the GUI like in <=1.8.x (mainly rod/bow/crossbow).",
 	"animatium.itemDropsFaceCamera": "Make item entities use camera yaw / face camera",