diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Tools/emag.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Tools/emag.yml
index 8ebf56d68e..702b7c86be 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Tools/emag.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Tools/emag.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   - type: Sprite
     sprite: Objects/Tools/emag.rsi
     state: icon
+  - type: Item
+    sprite: Objects/Tools/emag.rsi
 
 - type: entity
   parent: BaseItem
@@ -22,3 +24,5 @@
   - type: Sprite
     sprite: Objects/Tools/emag.rsi
     state: icon
+  - type: Item
+    sprite: Objects/Tools/emag.rsi
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/inhand-left.png b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/inhand-left.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f273903cb6
Binary files /dev/null and b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/inhand-left.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/inhand-right.png b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/inhand-right.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6933973f2
Binary files /dev/null and b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/inhand-right.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/meta.json
index d14e20b7a5..66fc62d663 100644
--- a/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/meta.json
+++ b/Resources/Textures/Objects/Tools/emag.rsi/meta.json
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
   "license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
-  "copyright": "Taken from tgstation wiki at https://tgstation13.org/wiki/File:Emag.png",
+  "copyright": "Taken from tgstation wiki at https://tgstation13.org/wiki/File:Emag.png, inhand sprites modified from tgstation at commit https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/d917f4c2a088419d5c3aec7656b7ff8cebd1822e",
   "size": {
     "x": 32,
     "y": 32
   },
   "states": [
+    {
+      "name": "inhand-left",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "inhand-right",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
     {
       "name": "icon"
     }