diff --git a/CraftBukkit-Patches/0143-Silence-skull-related-console-spam.patch b/CraftBukkit-Patches/0143-Silence-skull-related-console-spam.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81f212a934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CraftBukkit-Patches/0143-Silence-skull-related-console-spam.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From c8888a07ef487318a1abf690f797b620a8bcdcf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thinkofdeath <thethinkofdeath@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:28:24 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Silence skull related console spam
+
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/ItemSkull.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/ItemSkull.java
+index 49346a6..fbc1f95 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/ItemSkull.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/ItemSkull.java
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class ItemSkull extends Item {
+                         if (itemstack.hasTag()) {
+                             NBTTagCompound nbttagcompound = itemstack.getTag();
+ 
+-                            if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("SkullOwner", 10)) {
++                            if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("SkullOwner", 10, true)) { // Spigot
+                                 gameprofile = GameProfileSerializer.a(nbttagcompound.getCompound("SkullOwner"));
+                             } else if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("SkullOwner", 8) && nbttagcompound.getString("SkullOwner").length() > 0) {
+                                 gameprofile = new GameProfile((UUID) null, nbttagcompound.getString("SkullOwner"));
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/TileEntitySkull.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/TileEntitySkull.java
+index a239f04..f5b1aee 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/TileEntitySkull.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/TileEntitySkull.java
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class TileEntitySkull extends TileEntity {
+         this.a = nbttagcompound.getByte("SkullType");
+         this.i = nbttagcompound.getByte("Rot");
+         if (this.a == 3) {
+-            if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("Owner", 10)) {
++            if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("Owner", 10, true)) { // Spigot
+                 this.j = GameProfileSerializer.a(nbttagcompound.getCompound("Owner"));
+             } else if (nbttagcompound.hasKeyOfType("ExtraType", 8) && !UtilColor.b(nbttagcompound.getString("ExtraType"))) {
+                 this.j = new GameProfile((UUID) null, nbttagcompound.getString("ExtraType"));
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java
+index 15e114d..fbeccc8 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaSkull.java
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class CraftMetaSkull extends CraftMetaItem implements SkullMeta {
+     CraftMetaSkull(NBTTagCompound tag) {
+         super(tag);
+ 
+-        if (tag.hasKeyOfType(SKULL_OWNER.NBT, 10)) {
++        if (tag.hasKeyOfType(SKULL_OWNER.NBT, 10, true)) { // Spigot
+             profile = GameProfileSerializer.a(tag.getCompound(SKULL_OWNER.NBT));
+         } else if (tag.hasKeyOfType(SKULL_OWNER.NBT, 8)) {
+             profile = MinecraftServer.getServer().getUserCache().a(tag.getString(SKULL_OWNER.NBT));
+-- 
+1.9.1
+