diff --git a/Content.Shared/Movement/Components/IgnoreKudzuComponent.cs b/Content.Shared/Movement/Components/IgnoreKudzuComponent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adeed7c0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Shared/Movement/Components/IgnoreKudzuComponent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Robust.Shared.GameStates;
+
+namespace Content.Shared.Movement.Components;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Special component to allow an entity to navigate kudzu without slowdown.
+/// </summary>
+[RegisterComponent, NetworkedComponent]
+public sealed class IgnoreKudzuComponent : Component
+{
+}
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/diona.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/diona.yml
index f53ea25c2f..a1ee97103c 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/diona.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/diona.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
       Unsexed: UnisexDiona
   - type: BodyEmotes
     soundsId: DionaBodyEmotes
+  - type: IgnoreKudzu
 
 - type: entity
   save: false
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/kudzu.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/kudzu.yml
index f2e3c46bd2..1c8d5e4699 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/kudzu.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/Misc/kudzu.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
     - type: SlowContacts
       walkSpeedModifier: 0.2
       sprintSpeedModifier: 0.2
+      ignoreWhitelist:
+        components:
+        - IgnoreKudzu
     - type: EdgeSpreader
     - type: NodeContainer
       nodes: