diff --git a/code/game/machinery/camera.dm b/code/game/machinery/camera.dm
index f65754f26e6..0a5e693731a 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/camera.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/camera.dm
@@ -254,6 +254,17 @@
 	user.current = src
 	user.reset_view(src)
 
+/obj/machinery/camera/attack_paw(mob/living/carbon/alien/humanoid/user as mob)
+	if(!istype(user))
+		return
+	status = 0
+	for(var/mob/O in viewers(user, null))
+		O.show_message("<span class='warning'>\The [user] slashes at [src]!</span>", 1)
+		playsound(src.loc, 'slash.ogg', 100, 1)
+	icon_state = "camera1"
+	add_hiddenprint(user)
+	deactivate(user,0)
+
 /obj/machinery/camera/attackby(W as obj, user as mob)
 	..()
 	if (istype(W, /obj/item/weapon/wirecutters))
diff --git a/html/changelog.html b/html/changelog.html
index a5187f42d2f..f1ed66ee4a4 100644
--- a/html/changelog.html
+++ b/html/changelog.html
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ should be listed in the changelog upon commit tho. Thanks. -->
 	<ul class="changes bgimages16">
 		<li class="tweak">Alien larva now chestburst even after their host has died.</li>
 		<li class="tweak">Aliens can now slap facehuggers onto faces so they can infect mobs which lay down (or those stuck to nests).</li>
+		<li class="tweak">Aliens can now slash security cameras to deactivate them.</li>
 	</ul>
 </div>