diff --git a/src/api/java/baritone/api/Settings.java b/src/api/java/baritone/api/Settings.java
index 25244007..b4e595ac 100644
--- a/src/api/java/baritone/api/Settings.java
+++ b/src/api/java/baritone/api/Settings.java
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ public final class Settings {
      */
     public final Setting<Boolean> pathThroughCachedOnly = new Setting<>(false);
 
+    /**
+     * Continue sprinting while in water
+     */
+    public final Setting<Boolean> sprintInWater = new Setting<>(true);
+
     /**
      * 😎 Render cached chunks as semitransparent. Doesn't work with OptiFine 😭 Rarely randomly crashes, see <a href="https://github.com/cabaletta/baritone/issues/327">this issue</a>.
      * <p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
index f34e9468..f156ff1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package baritone.pathing.movement.movements;
 
+import baritone.Baritone;
 import baritone.api.IBaritone;
 import baritone.api.pathing.movement.MovementStatus;
 import baritone.api.utils.BetterBlockPos;
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ public class MovementDiagonal extends Movement {
     }
 
     public boolean sprint() {
-        if (MovementHelper.isLiquid(ctx, ctx.playerFeet())) {
+        if (MovementHelper.isLiquid(ctx, ctx.playerFeet()) && !Baritone.settings().sprintInWater.get()) {
             return false;
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
index f780c76a..65dec97d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public class MovementTraverse extends Movement {
             BlockPos into = dest.subtract(src).add(dest);
             Block intoBelow = BlockStateInterface.get(ctx, into).getBlock();
             Block intoAbove = BlockStateInterface.get(ctx, into.up()).getBlock();
-            if (wasTheBridgeBlockAlwaysThere && !MovementHelper.isLiquid(ctx, ctx.playerFeet()) && !MovementHelper.avoidWalkingInto(intoBelow) && !MovementHelper.avoidWalkingInto(intoAbove)) {
+            if (wasTheBridgeBlockAlwaysThere && (!MovementHelper.isLiquid(ctx, ctx.playerFeet()) || Baritone.settings().sprintInWater.get()) && !MovementHelper.avoidWalkingInto(intoBelow) && !MovementHelper.avoidWalkingInto(intoAbove)) {
                 state.setInput(Input.SPRINT, true);
             }
             Block destDown = BlockStateInterface.get(ctx, dest.down()).getBlock();