diff --git a/code/modules/awaymissions/corpse.dm b/code/modules/awaymissions/corpse.dm
index e14f42197d6..6ce3fa8fd0f 100644
--- a/code/modules/awaymissions/corpse.dm
+++ b/code/modules/awaymissions/corpse.dm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	createCorpse()
 
 /obj/effect/landmark/corpse/proc/createCorpse() //Creates a mob and checks for gear in each slot before attempting to equip it.
-	var/mob/living/carbon/human/M = new /mob/living/carbon/human (src.loc)
+	var/mob/living/carbon/human/human/M = new /mob/living/carbon/human/human (src.loc)
 	M.dna.mutantrace = mutantrace
 	M.real_name = src.name
 	M.death(1) //Kills the new mob
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
index 46a58f79a65..d82c10847ce 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/examine.dm
@@ -393,7 +393,14 @@
 		msg += "<span class='warning'><b>[src] has \a [implant] sticking out of their flesh!</span>\n"
 	if(digitalcamo)
 		msg += "[t_He] [t_is] repulsively uncanny!\n"
-
+	if(decaylevel == 1)
+		msg += "[t_He] [t_is] starting to smell.\n"
+	if(decaylevel == 2)
+		msg += "[t_He] [t_is] bloated and smells disgusting.\n"
+	if(decaylevel == 3)
+		msg += "[t_He] [t_is] rotting and blackened, the skin sloughing off. The smell is indescribably foul.\n"
+	if(decaylevel == 4)
+		msg += "[t_He] [t_is] mostly dessicated now, with only bones remaining of what used to be a person.\n"
 
 	if(hasHUD(usr,"security"))
 		var/perpname = "wot"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm
index 482766ab563..65aa5adbf9f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defines.dm
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@
 
 	var/mob/remoteview_target = null
 	var/meatleft = 3 //For chef item
-
+	var/decaylevel = 0 // For rotting bodies
 	var/slime_color = "blue" //For slime people this defines their color, it's blue by default to pay tribute to the old icons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index 9d60fc92bcf..e75381dd986 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
 
 		handle_medical_side_effects()
 
+	if(stat == DEAD)
+		handle_decay()
+
 	handle_stasis_bag()
 
 	//Handle temperature/pressure differences between body and environment
@@ -1556,6 +1559,29 @@
 
 		return temp
 
+	proc/handle_decay()
+		var/decaytime = world.time - timeofdeath
+
+		if(decaytime <= 6000) //10 minutes for decaylevel1 -- stinky
+			return
+
+		if(decaytime > 6000 <= 12000)//20 minutes for decaylevel2 -- bloated and very stinky
+			decaylevel = 1
+
+		if(decaytime > 12000 <= 18000)//30 minutes for decaylevel3 -- rotting and gross
+			decaylevel = 2
+
+		if(decaytime > 18000 <= 27000)//45 minutes for decaylevel4 -- skeleton
+			decaylevel = 3
+		if(decaytime > 27000)
+			decaylevel = 4
+			return
+
+		for(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H in range(decaylevel, src))
+			if(prob(5))
+				if(airborne_can_reach(get_turf(src), get_turf(H)))
+					H << "<spawn class='warning'>You smell something foul..."
+					H.vomit()
 
 #undef HUMAN_MAX_OXYLOSS
 #undef HUMAN_CRIT_MAX_OXYLOSS