diff --git a/SCsub b/SCsub
index ae92896..af521d0 100644
--- a/SCsub
+++ b/SCsub
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Import('env')
 
 module_env = env.Clone()
 
+if "ess_entity_base_class" in module_env:
+    module_env.Append(CPPDEFINES=[('ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS', module_env["ess_entity_base_class"])])
+    module_env.Append(CPPDEFINES=[('ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_INCLUDE', module_env["ess_entity_base_class_include"])])
+
 if os.path.isdir('../mesh_data_resource'):
     module_env.Append(CPPDEFINES=['MESH_DATA_RESOURCE_PRESENT'])
 
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 7d83031..297241e 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ def can_build(env, platform):
 
 
 def configure(env):
-	pass
+    from SCons.Script import Variables, Help
+
+    envvars = Variables()
+    envvars.Add("ess_entity_base_class", "What class Entity should inherit from. Default is Node.")
+    envvars.Add("ess_entity_base_class_include", "What The include for that class. Default is scene/main/node.h")
+
+    envvars.Update(env)
+    Help(envvars.GenerateHelpText(env))
 
 
 def get_doc_classes():
diff --git a/entities/entity.h b/entities/entity.h
index f996ace..d584cf0 100644
--- a/entities/entity.h
+++ b/entities/entity.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 #include "core/io/networked_multiplayer_peer.h"
 
-#include "scene/main/node.h"
-
 #include "../data/items/craft_recipe.h"
 #include "../data/items/item_instance.h"
 #include "../data/spells/spell.h"
@@ -69,6 +67,22 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 #include spatial_h_path
 
+#ifndef ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS
+// By default Entity inherits from Node
+#define ENTITY_BASE_CLASS Node
+#include "scene/main/node.h"
+#else
+// We turn the ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS define into a text replace macro
+#define ENTITY_BASE_CLASS ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS
+
+// Abuse pre-processor macros to quote what's inside the ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_INCLUDE define
+#define _ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_QUOTE(x) #x
+#define _ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_QUOTE_H(x) _ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_QUOTE(x)
+
+#include _ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_QUOTE_H(ESS_ENTITY_BASE_CLASS_INCLUDE)
+#endif
+
+
 class EntityData;
 class AuraData;
 class Spell;
@@ -236,8 +250,8 @@ struct EntityStat {
 	}                                                                                            \
 	variable = value;
 
-class Entity : public Node {
-	GDCLASS(Entity, Node);
+class Entity : public ENTITY_BASE_CLASS {
+	GDCLASS(Entity, ENTITY_BASE_CLASS);
 
 public:
 	////    Base    ////