diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
index 95e60ade252..da652505eff 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/emote.dm
@@ -334,8 +334,12 @@
 					m_type = 2
 
 		if ("deathgasp")
-			message = "<B>[src]</B> seizes up and falls limp, \his eyes dead and lifeless..."
-			m_type = 1
+			if (species.name == "Machine")
+				message = "<B>[src]</B> gives one shrill beep before falling lifeless..."
+				m_type = 1
+			else
+				message = "<B>[src]</B> seizes up and falls limp, \his eyes dead and lifeless..."
+				m_type = 1
 
 		if ("giggle")
 			if(miming)