diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Predalien.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Predalien.dm
index 8279d1b2ba2e..c30c271a904c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Predalien.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Predalien.dm
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 
 	AddComponent(/datum/component/footstep, 4, 25, 11, 2, "alien_footstep_medium")
 
+/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/predalien/gib(datum/cause_data/cause = create_cause_data("gibbing", src))
+	death(cause, 1)
+
 /mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/predalien/proc/announce_spawn()
 	if(!loc)
 		return FALSE