diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/AEBlockFeatureHandler.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/AEBlockFeatureHandler.java
index 5bd5b2337..c4d134e0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/AEBlockFeatureHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/AEBlockFeatureHandler.java
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ package appeng.core.features;
 
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 
-import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
-
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameRegistry;
+
 import appeng.api.definitions.ITileDefinition;
 import appeng.block.AEBaseBlock;
-import appeng.block.AEBaseItemBlock;
 import appeng.core.CommonHelper;
 import appeng.core.CreativeTab;
 import appeng.util.Platform;
@@ -77,9 +76,13 @@ public final class AEBlockFeatureHandler implements IFeatureHandler
 				CommonHelper.proxy.bindTileEntitySpecialRenderer( this.featured.getTileEntityClass(), this.featured );
 			}
 
-			Class<? extends AEBaseItemBlock> itemBlockClass = this.featured.getItemBlockClass();
+			// Class<? extends AEBaseItemBlock> itemBlockClass = this.featured.getItemBlockClass();
 
-			GameRegistry.registerBlock( this.featured, itemBlockClass, "tile." + name );
+			final String registryName = "tile." + name;
+
+			// Bypass the forge magic with null to register our own itemblock later.
+			GameRegistry.registerBlock( this.featured, null, registryName );
+			GameRegistry.registerItem( this.definition.maybeItem().get(), registryName );
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/BlockDefinition.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/BlockDefinition.java
index a1a912ee5..3908cbe95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/BlockDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/BlockDefinition.java
@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@
 package appeng.core.features;
 
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
+
 import net.minecraft.block.Block;
 import net.minecraft.item.Item;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemBlock;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-
 import appeng.api.definitions.IBlockDefinition;
+import appeng.block.AEBaseBlock;
 
 
 public class BlockDefinition extends ItemDefinition implements IBlockDefinition
@@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ public class BlockDefinition extends ItemDefinition implements IBlockDefinition
 
 	public BlockDefinition( Block block, ActivityState state )
 	{
-		super( Item.getItemFromBlock( block ), state );
+		super( constructItemFromBlock( block ), state );
+		assert block != null;
+
 		this.block = block;
 		this.enabled = state == ActivityState.Enabled;
 	}
@@ -79,4 +85,68 @@ public class BlockDefinition extends ItemDefinition implements IBlockDefinition
 	{
 		return this.enabled && world.getBlock( x, y, z ) == this.block;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create an {@link ItemBlock} from a {@link Block} to register it later as {@link Item}
+	 *
+	 * @param block
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static Item constructItemFromBlock( Block block )
+	{
+		final Class<? extends ItemBlock> itemclass = getItemBlockConstructor( block );
+		return constructItemBlock( block, itemclass );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the cosntructor to use.
+	 *
+	 * Either {@link ItemBlock} or in case of an {@link AEBaseBlock} the class returned by
+	 * AEBaseBlock.getItemBlockClass().
+	 *
+	 * @param block the block used to determine the used constructor.
+	 * @return a {@link Class} extending ItemBlock
+	 */
+	private static Class<? extends ItemBlock> getItemBlockConstructor( Block block )
+	{
+		if ( block instanceof AEBaseBlock )
+		{
+			final AEBaseBlock aeBaseBlock = ( AEBaseBlock ) block;
+			return aeBaseBlock.getItemBlockClass();
+		}
+
+		return ItemBlock.class;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Actually construct an instance of {@link Item} with the block and earlier determined constructor.
+	 *
+	 * Shamelessly stolen from the forge magic.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: throw an exception instead of returning null? As this could cause issue later on.
+	 *
+	 * @param block the block to create the {@link ItemBlock} from
+	 * @param itemclass the class used to construct it.
+	 * @return an {@link Item} for the block. Actually always a sub type of {@link ItemBlock}
+	 */
+	private static Item constructItemBlock( Block block, Class<? extends ItemBlock> itemclass )
+	{
+		try
+		{
+			Object[] itemCtorArgs = new Object[] {};
+			Class<?>[] ctorArgClasses = new Class<?>[itemCtorArgs.length + 1];
+			ctorArgClasses[0] = Block.class;
+			for ( int idx = 1; idx < ctorArgClasses.length; idx++ )
+			{
+				ctorArgClasses[idx] = itemCtorArgs[idx - 1].getClass();
+			}
+
+			Constructor<? extends ItemBlock> itemCtor = itemclass.getConstructor( ctorArgClasses );
+			return itemCtor.newInstance( ObjectArrays.concat( block, itemCtorArgs ) );
+		}
+		catch ( Throwable t )
+		{
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/ItemDefinition.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/ItemDefinition.java
index 2162b7994..28aa143cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/ItemDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/ItemDefinition.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class ItemDefinition implements IItemDefinition
 
 	public ItemDefinition( Item item, ActivityState state )
 	{
+		assert item != null;
+
 		this.item = item;
 		this.enabled = state == ActivityState.Enabled;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/TileDefinition.java b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/TileDefinition.java
index fcd573d99..813e43331 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/TileDefinition.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/core/features/TileDefinition.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public final class TileDefinition extends BlockDefinition implements ITileDefini
 	public TileDefinition( AEBaseBlock block, ActivityState state )
 	{
 		super( block, state );
+		assert !block.hasBlockTileEntity() || block.getTileEntityClass() != null;
 
 		this.block = block;
 	}