diff --git a/src/api/java/appeng/api/parts/IPart.java b/src/api/java/appeng/api/parts/IPart.java
index 05db17b45..89c945f95 100644
--- a/src/api/java/appeng/api/parts/IPart.java
+++ b/src/api/java/appeng/api/parts/IPart.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.matrix.MatrixStack;
 
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IRenderTypeBuffer;
+import net.minecraft.crash.CrashReportCategory;
 import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
 import net.minecraft.entity.LivingEntity;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.PlayerEntity;
@@ -371,4 +372,14 @@ public interface IPart extends ICustomCableConnection {
      */
     void getBoxes(final IPartCollisionHelper bch);
 
+    /**
+     * This will be used by the core to add information about this part to a crash
+     * report if it is attached to a host that caused a crash during tick
+     * processing.
+     * 
+     * @param section The crash report section the information will be added to.
+     */
+    default void addEntityCrashInfo(final CrashReportCategory section) {
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/me/cache/helpers/TickTracker.java b/src/main/java/appeng/me/cache/helpers/TickTracker.java
index 8c83f4a26..ce77c6faa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/me/cache/helpers/TickTracker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/me/cache/helpers/TickTracker.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import net.minecraft.crash.CrashReportCategory;
 import appeng.api.networking.IGridNode;
 import appeng.api.networking.ticking.IGridTickable;
 import appeng.api.networking.ticking.TickingRequest;
+import appeng.api.parts.IPart;
 import appeng.api.util.DimensionalCoord;
 import appeng.me.cache.TickManagerCache;
-import appeng.parts.AEBasePart;
 
 public class TickTracker implements Comparable<TickTracker> {
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ public class TickTracker implements Comparable<TickTracker> {
     }
 
     public void addEntityCrashInfo(final CrashReportCategory crashreportcategory) {
-        if (this.getGridTickable() instanceof AEBasePart) {
-            final AEBasePart part = (AEBasePart) this.getGridTickable();
+        if (this.getGridTickable() instanceof IPart) {
+            final IPart part = (IPart) this.getGridTickable();
             part.addEntityCrashInfo(crashreportcategory);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/parts/AEBasePart.java b/src/main/java/appeng/parts/AEBasePart.java
index 8bd1c8910..08a835301 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/parts/AEBasePart.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/parts/AEBasePart.java
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public abstract class AEBasePart implements IPart, IGridProxyable, IActionHost,
         return this.getItemStack().hasDisplayName();
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void addEntityCrashInfo(final CrashReportCategory crashreportcategory) {
         crashreportcategory.addDetail("Part Side", this.getSide());
     }