diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/block/BlockExplodeEvent.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/block/BlockExplodeEvent.java
index 44f7f6939a..e534954457 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/block/BlockExplodeEvent.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/event/block/BlockExplodeEvent.java
@@ -2,26 +2,38 @@ package org.bukkit.event.block;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import org.bukkit.block.Block;
+import org.bukkit.block.BlockState;
 import org.bukkit.event.Cancellable;
 import org.bukkit.event.HandlerList;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
- * Called when a block explodes
+ * Called when a block explodes.
+ * <p>
+ * Note that due to the nature of explosions, {@link #getBlock()} will always be
+ * an air block. {@link #getExplodedBlockState()} should be used to get
+ * information about the block state that exploded.
  */
 public class BlockExplodeEvent extends BlockEvent implements Cancellable {
     private static final HandlerList handlers = new HandlerList();
     private boolean cancel;
+    private final BlockState blockState;
     private final List<Block> blocks;
     private float yield;
 
-    public BlockExplodeEvent(@NotNull final Block what, @NotNull final List<Block> blocks, final float yield) {
+    public BlockExplodeEvent(@NotNull final Block what, @NotNull final BlockState blockState, @NotNull final List<Block> blocks, final float yield) {
         super(what);
+        this.blockState = blockState;
         this.blocks = blocks;
         this.yield = yield;
         this.cancel = false;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
+    public BlockExplodeEvent(@NotNull final Block what, @NotNull final List<Block> blocks, final float yield) {
+        this(what, what.getState(), blocks, yield);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean isCancelled() {
         return cancel;
@@ -32,6 +44,16 @@ public class BlockExplodeEvent extends BlockEvent implements Cancellable {
         this.cancel = cancel;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the captured BlockState of the block that exploded.
+     *
+     * @return the block state
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    public BlockState getExplodedBlockState() {
+        return blockState;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the list of blocks that would have been removed or were removed
      * from the explosion event.