diff --git a/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm b/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
index 6886cfc6cec5..3ffeb97c8a3e 100644
--- a/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
+++ b/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 	if(isstack(source))
 		var/obj/item/stack/stack_we_use = source
 		while(stack_we_use.amount >= required_amount)
+			combine_nearby_stacks(user, stack_we_use) // monkestation edit: automatically merge nearby stacks
 			if(!do_after(user, loom_time, target))
 				break
 
diff --git a/monkestation/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm b/monkestation/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9534fd1ade2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monkestation/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/datum/element/loomable/proc/combine_nearby_stacks(atom/target, obj/item/stack/our_stack)
+	for(var/obj/item/stack/nearby_stack as anything in view(1, get_turf(target)))
+		if(our_stack.amount >= our_stack.max_amount)
+			break
+		if(our_stack.can_merge(nearby_stack, inhand = TRUE))
+			nearby_stack.merge(our_stack)
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index 03945169b298..ff890969fccb 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -5843,6 +5843,7 @@
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\diseases\advance\symptoms\clockwork.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\elements\area_locked.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\elements\basic_eating.dm"
+#include "monkestation\code\datums\elements\loomable.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\elements\trash_if_empty.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\elements\uncompressed_storage.dm"
 #include "monkestation\code\datums\ert\moff_inspectors.dm"