diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/headset.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/headset.dm
index 1d0f94de71..413ef98060 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/headset.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/headset.dm
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(channel_tokens, list(
 	icon_state = "srv_headset"
 	keyslot = new /obj/item/encryptionkey/headset_service
 
+/obj/item/radio/headset/headset_clown
+	name = "clown's headset"
+	desc = "A headset for the clown. Finally. A megaphone you can't take away."
+	icon_state = "srv_headset"
+	keyslot = new /obj/item/encryptionkey/headset_service
+	command = TRUE
+	commandspan = SPAN_CLOWN
+
 /obj/item/radio/headset/headset_cent
 	name = "\improper CentCom headset"
 	desc = "A headset used by the upper echelons of Nanotrasen."
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
index 7823e6bf87..22012a114f 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	var/freqlock = FALSE  // Frequency lock to stop the user from untuning specialist radios.
 	var/use_command = FALSE  // If true, broadcasts will be large and BOLD.
 	var/command = FALSE  // If true, use_command can be toggled at will.
+	var/commandspan = SPAN_COMMAND //allow us to set what the fuck we want for headsets
 
 	// Encryption key handling
 	var/obj/item/encryptionkey/keyslot
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@
 		return
 
 	if(use_command)
-		spans |= SPAN_COMMAND
+		spans |= commandspan
 
 	/*
 	Roughly speaking, radios attempt to make a subspace transmission (which