diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/Config.java b/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/Config.java
index 09ee955..479360f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/Config.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class Config {
 
     public static boolean enableIngotPileModification;
     public static String[] ingotPileMetals;
+    public static boolean ingotPileGiveDirectly;
 
     public static void synchronizeConfiguration(File configFile) {
         Configuration configuration = new Configuration(configFile);
@@ -135,6 +136,13 @@ public static void synchronizeConfiguration(File configFile) {
             false,
             "Whether you want to enable modification of ingot pile metal types. By default it's off so metals are always synchronized to the default values.");
 
+        ingotPileGiveDirectly = configuration.getBoolean(
+            "ingotPileGiveDirectly",
+            CATEGORY_TECHNICAL,
+            false,
+            "If true, ingots taken from an ingot pile go directly into the player's inventory instead of dropping on the ground (falls back to dropping if the inventory is full)."
+        );
+
         if (enableIngotPileModification) {
             ingotPileMetals = configuration.getStringList(
                 "ingotPileMetals",
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/blocks/BlockPile.java b/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/blocks/BlockPile.java
index f6b7f63..8ae4456 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/blocks/BlockPile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/pufferlab/antiquities/blocks/BlockPile.java
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ public boolean onBlockActivated(World world, int x, int y, int z, EntityPlayer p
                     }
                     if (pile2 != null) {
                         if (pile2.getNextSlot() != 1) {
-                            dropItem(world, x, y + j, z, pile2.getPrevSlot());
+                            giveOrDropItem(world, x, y + j, z, pile2, pile2.getPrevSlot(), player);
                             removeItemToPile(pile2);
                         } else {
-                            dropItem(world, x, y + j, z, 0);
+                            giveOrDropItem(world, x, y + j, z, pile2, 0, player);
                             pile2.setInventorySlotContentsUpdate(0);
                             world.setBlockToAir(x, y + j, z);
                         }
@@ -298,6 +298,41 @@ private boolean dropItem(World world, int x, int y, int z, int index) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    private boolean giveOrDropItem(World world, int x, int y, int z, TileEntityPile pile, int index,
+        EntityPlayer player) {
+        if (pile == null) return false;
+
+        ItemStack item = null;
+        if ((index < pile.getSizeInventory()) && (index >= 0)) {
+            item = pile.getInventoryStack(index);
+        }
+        if (item != null && item.stackSize > 0) {
+            EntityItem entityItem = new EntityItem(
+                world,
+                x + 0.5,
+                y + 0.25F + (0.125F * pile.getLayer()),
+                z + 0.5,
+                item.copy());
+            entityItem.motionX = 0.0D;
+            entityItem.motionY = 0.0D;
+            entityItem.motionZ = 0.0D;
+
+            // Allow instant pickup.
+            entityItem.delayBeforeCanPickup = 0;
+
+            spawnEntity(world, entityItem);
+
+            // Immediately collide with the player to attempt pickup, server-side only.
+            if (Config.ingotPileGiveDirectly && player != null && !world.isRemote) {
+                entityItem.onCollideWithPlayer(player);
+            }
+
+            item.stackSize = 0;
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private void dropItems(World world, int i, int j, int k) {
         TileEntity tileEntity = world.getTileEntity(i, j, k);
         if (!(tileEntity instanceof IInventory)) return;