diff --git a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java
index 78a5dbe044..829a76d8a4 100644
--- a/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java
+++ b/fabric-networking-api-v1/src/client/java/net/fabricmc/fabric/api/client/networking/v1/ClientConfigurationNetworking.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.network.PacketByteBuf;
 import net.minecraft.network.listener.ServerCommonPacketListener;
 import net.minecraft.network.packet.Packet;
+import net.minecraft.text.Text;
 import net.minecraft.util.Identifier;
 import net.minecraft.util.thread.ThreadExecutor;
 
@@ -393,6 +394,14 @@ public static <T extends FabricPacket> void send(T packet) {
 		throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot send packet while not configuring!");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Disconnects from the server.
+	 * @param handler the network handler
+	 */
+	public static void disconnect(ClientConfigurationNetworkHandler handler, Text reason) {
+		((ClientCommonNetworkHandlerAccessor) handler).getConnection().disconnect(reason);
+	}
+
 	private ClientConfigurationNetworking() {
 	}