diff --git a/Essentials/pom.xml b/Essentials/pom.xml
index b98369aff..8628155db 100644
--- a/Essentials/pom.xml
+++ b/Essentials/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.ess3</groupId>
-            <artifactId>1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>1_9_R1Provider</artifactId>
             <version>2.0.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index 7f12ebcda..38a615273 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import net.ess3.api.*;
 import net.ess3.api.IEssentials;
 import net.ess3.api.ISettings;
+import net.ess3.nms.SpawnEggProvider;
 import net.ess3.nms.SpawnerProvider;
 import net.ess3.nms.blockmeta.BlockMetaSpawnerProvider;
+import net.ess3.nms.legacy.LegacySpawnEggProvider;
 import net.ess3.nms.legacy.LegacySpawnerProvider;
 import net.ess3.nms.v1_8_R1.v1_8_R1SpawnerProvider;
 import net.ess3.nms.v1_8_R2.v1_8_R2SpawnerProvider;
+import net.ess3.nms.v1_9_R1.v1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider;
 import net.ess3.providers.ProviderFactory;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements net.ess3.api.IEssentials {
     private final transient List<String> vanishedPlayers = new ArrayList<>();
     private transient Method oldGetOnlinePlayers;
     private transient SpawnerProvider spawnerProvider;
+    private transient SpawnEggProvider spawnEggProvider;
 
     public Essentials() {
     }
@@ -204,6 +208,11 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements net.ess3.api.IEssentials {
                                 v1_8_R1SpawnerProvider.class,
                                 LegacySpawnerProvider.class
                         ), "mob spawner").getProvider();
+                spawnEggProvider = new ProviderFactory<>(getLogger(),
+                        Arrays.asList(
+                                v1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider.class,
+                                LegacySpawnEggProvider.class
+                        ), "spawn egg").getProvider();
                 reload();
             } catch (YAMLException exception) {
                 if (pm.getPlugin("EssentialsUpdate") != null) {
@@ -776,6 +785,11 @@ public class Essentials extends JavaPlugin implements net.ess3.api.IEssentials {
         return spawnerProvider;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public SpawnEggProvider getSpawnEggProvider() {
+        return spawnEggProvider;
+    }
+
     private static class EssentialsWorldListener implements Listener, Runnable {
         private transient final IEssentials ess;
 
diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/ItemDb.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/ItemDb.java
index 9343505c5..c3c61842d 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/ItemDb.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/ItemDb.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.earth2me.essentials;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.NumberUtil;
 import com.earth2me.essentials.utils.StringUtil;
 import net.ess3.api.IEssentials;
-import net.ess3.nms.v1_9_R1.SpawnEgg1_9;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.Color;
 import org.bukkit.FireworkEffect;
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import org.bukkit.enchantments.Enchantment;
 import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.*;
-import org.bukkit.material.SpawnEgg;
 import org.bukkit.potion.Potion;
 import org.bukkit.potion.PotionEffect;
 
@@ -152,11 +150,7 @@ public class ItemDb implements IConf, net.ess3.api.IItemDb {
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 throw new Exception("Can't spawn entity ID " + metaData + " from spawn eggs.");
             }
-            try {
-                retval = new SpawnEgg1_9(type).toItemStack();
-            } catch (Throwable t) {
-                retval = new SpawnEgg(type).toItemStack();
-            }
+            retval = ess.getSpawnEggProvider().createEggItem(type);
         } else {
             retval.setDurability(metaData);
         }
diff --git a/Essentials/src/net/ess3/api/IEssentials.java b/Essentials/src/net/ess3/api/IEssentials.java
index 17621415b..20f313d6e 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/net/ess3/api/IEssentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/net/ess3/api/IEssentials.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package net.ess3.api;
 
+import net.ess3.nms.SpawnEggProvider;
+
 public interface IEssentials extends com.earth2me.essentials.IEssentials {
 
+    SpawnEggProvider getSpawnEggProvider();
 }
diff --git a/nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider/pom.xml b/nms/1_9_R1Provider/pom.xml
similarity index 81%
rename from nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider/pom.xml
rename to nms/1_9_R1Provider/pom.xml
index 1f9acdac8..04730888f 100644
--- a/nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider/pom.xml
+++ b/nms/1_9_R1Provider/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <artifactId>1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>1_9_R1Provider</artifactId>
 
     <repositories>
         <repository>
@@ -26,5 +26,10 @@
             <version>1.9-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.ess3</groupId>
+            <artifactId>NMSProvider</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/SpawnEgg1_9.java b/nms/1_9_R1Provider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/nms/SpawnEgg1_9.java
similarity index 89%
rename from nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/SpawnEgg1_9.java
rename to nms/1_9_R1Provider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/nms/SpawnEgg1_9.java
index e308cf0ce..49b56c7e0 100644
--- a/nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/SpawnEgg1_9.java
+++ b/nms/1_9_R1Provider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/nms/SpawnEgg1_9.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with ASkyBlock.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *******************************************************************************/
-package net.ess3.nms.v1_9_R1;
+package net.ess3.nms.v1_9_R1.nms;
 
 import net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.NBTTagCompound;
 import org.bukkit.Material;
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ public class SpawnEgg1_9 {
      * @param item - ItemStack, quantity is disregarded
      * @return SpawnEgg 1.9
      */
-    public static SpawnEgg1_9 fromItemStack(ItemStack item) {
+    public static SpawnEgg1_9 fromItemStack(ItemStack item) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         if (item == null)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("item cannot be null");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Item cannot be null");
         if (item.getType() != Material.MONSTER_EGG)
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("item is not a monster egg");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Item is not a monster egg");
         net.minecraft.server.v1_9_R1.ItemStack stack = CraftItemStack.asNMSCopy(item);
         NBTTagCompound tagCompound = stack.getTag();
         if (tagCompound != null) {
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ public class SpawnEgg1_9 {
             if (type != null) {
                 return new SpawnEgg1_9(type);
             } else {
-                return null;
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse type from item");
             }
         } else {
-            return null;
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Item is lacking tag compound");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/nms/1_9_R1Provider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/v1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider.java b/nms/1_9_R1Provider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/v1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b33a7961d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nms/1_9_R1Provider/src/net/ess3/nms/v1_9_R1/v1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package net.ess3.nms.v1_9_R1;
+
+import net.ess3.nms.SpawnEggProvider;
+import net.ess3.nms.v1_9_R1.nms.SpawnEgg1_9;
+import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+public class v1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider extends SpawnEggProvider {
+    @Override
+    public ItemStack createEggItem(EntityType type) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return new SpawnEgg1_9(type).toItemStack();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EntityType getSpawnedType(ItemStack eggItem) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return SpawnEgg1_9.fromItemStack(eggItem).getSpawnedType();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getHumanName() {
+        return "CraftBukkit 1.9 NMS-based provider";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nms/LegacyProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/legacy/LegacySpawnEggProvider.java b/nms/LegacyProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/legacy/LegacySpawnEggProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9975659db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nms/LegacyProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/legacy/LegacySpawnEggProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package net.ess3.nms.legacy;
+
+import net.ess3.nms.SpawnEggProvider;
+import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+import org.bukkit.material.MaterialData;
+import org.bukkit.material.SpawnEgg;
+
+public class LegacySpawnEggProvider extends SpawnEggProvider {
+    @Override
+    public ItemStack createEggItem(EntityType type) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        return new SpawnEgg(type).toItemStack();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public EntityType getSpawnedType(ItemStack eggItem) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        MaterialData data = eggItem.getData();
+        if (data instanceof SpawnEgg) {
+            return ((SpawnEgg) data).getSpawnedType();
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Item is missing data");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getHumanName() {
+        return "legacy item data provider";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nms/NMSProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/SpawnEggProvider.java b/nms/NMSProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/SpawnEggProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b52f368f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nms/NMSProvider/src/net/ess3/nms/SpawnEggProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package net.ess3.nms;
+
+import net.ess3.providers.Provider;
+import org.bukkit.entity.EntityType;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
+
+public abstract class SpawnEggProvider implements Provider {
+    public abstract ItemStack createEggItem(EntityType type) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+    public abstract EntityType getSpawnedType(ItemStack eggItem) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean tryProvider() {
+        try {
+            EntityType type = EntityType.CREEPER;
+            ItemStack is = createEggItem(type);
+            EntityType readType = getSpawnedType(is);
+            return type == readType;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 482d52406..d5776b0dd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <module>nms/1_8_R1Provider</module>
         <module>nms/1_8_R2Provider</module>
         <module>nms/LegacyProvider</module>
-        <module>nms/1_9_R1SpawnEggProvider</module>
+        <module>nms/1_9_R1Provider</module>
     </modules>
 
     <dependencies>