diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/Fluids/PuddleTest.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/Fluids/PuddleTest.cs
index adb8b8677c..00b6e8f00e 100644
--- a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/Fluids/PuddleTest.cs
+++ b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/Fluids/PuddleTest.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Content.Server.GameObjects.Components.Fluids;
 using Content.Shared.Chemistry;
 using Content.Shared.Utility;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Robust.Server.Interfaces.Timing;
+using Robust.Shared.GameObjects.Components.Timers;
+using Robust.Shared.Interfaces.GameObjects;
 using Robust.Shared.Interfaces.Map;
+using Robust.Shared.Interfaces.Timing;
 using Robust.Shared.Map;
 
 namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests.Fluids
@@ -91,7 +95,6 @@ namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests.Fluids
 
             server.Assert(() =>
             {
-                var gridId = new GridId(1);
                 var coordinates = grid.ToCoordinates();
                 var solution = new Solution("water", ReagentUnit.New(20));
                 var puddle = solution.SpillAt(coordinates, "PuddleSmear");
@@ -100,5 +103,128 @@ namespace Content.IntegrationTests.Tests.Fluids
 
             await server.WaitIdleAsync();
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task PuddlePauseTest()
+        {
+            var server = StartServer();
+
+            await server.WaitIdleAsync();
+
+            var sMapManager = server.ResolveDependency<IMapManager>();
+            var sPauseManager = server.ResolveDependency<IPauseManager>();
+            var sTileDefinitionManager = server.ResolveDependency<ITileDefinitionManager>();
+            var sGameTiming = server.ResolveDependency<IGameTiming>();
+            var sEntityManager = server.ResolveDependency<IEntityManager>();
+
+            MapId sMapId = default;
+            IMapGrid sGrid = null;
+            GridId sGridId = default;
+            IEntity sGridEntity = null;
+            EntityCoordinates sCoordinates = default;
+            TimerComponent sTimerComponent = null;
+
+            // Spawn a paused map with one tile to spawn puddles on
+            await server.WaitPost(() =>
+            {
+                sMapId = sMapManager.CreateMap();
+                sPauseManager.SetMapPaused(sMapId, true);
+                sGrid = sMapManager.CreateGrid(sMapId);
+                sGridId = sGrid.Index;
+                sGridEntity = sEntityManager.GetEntity(sGrid.GridEntityId);
+                sGridEntity.Paused = true; // See https://github.com/space-wizards/RobustToolbox/issues/1444
+
+                var tileDefinition = sTileDefinitionManager["underplating"];
+                var tile = new Tile(tileDefinition.TileId);
+                sCoordinates = sGrid.ToCoordinates();
+
+                sGrid.SetTile(sCoordinates, tile);
+            });
+
+            // Check that the map and grid are paused
+            await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.True(sPauseManager.IsGridPaused(sGridId));
+                Assert.True(sPauseManager.IsMapPaused(sMapId));
+                Assert.True(sGridEntity.Paused);
+            });
+
+            float sEvaporateTime = default;
+            PuddleComponent sPuddle = null;
+            ReagentUnit sPuddleStartingVolume = default;
+
+            // Spawn a puddle
+            await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+            {
+                var solution = new Solution("water", ReagentUnit.New(20));
+                sPuddle = solution.SpillAt(sCoordinates, "PuddleSmear");
+
+                // Check that the puddle was created
+                Assert.NotNull(sPuddle);
+
+                sPuddle.Owner.Paused = true; // See https://github.com/space-wizards/RobustToolbox/issues/1445
+
+                Assert.True(sPuddle.Owner.Paused);
+
+                // Check that the puddle is going to evaporate
+                Assert.Positive(sPuddle.EvaporateTime);
+
+                // Should have a timer component added to it for evaporation
+                Assert.True(sPuddle.Owner.TryGetComponent(out sTimerComponent));
+
+                sEvaporateTime = sPuddle.EvaporateTime;
+                sPuddleStartingVolume = sPuddle.CurrentVolume;
+            });
+
+            // Wait enough time for it to evaporate if it was unpaused
+            var sTimeToWait = (5 + (int) Math.Ceiling(sEvaporateTime * sGameTiming.TickRate)) * 2;
+            await server.WaitRunTicks(sTimeToWait);
+
+            // No evaporation due to being paused
+            await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.True(sPuddle.Owner.Paused);
+                Assert.True(sPuddle.Owner.TryGetComponent(out sTimerComponent));
+
+                // Check that the puddle still exists
+                Assert.False(sPuddle.Owner.Deleted);
+            });
+
+            // Unpause the map
+            await server.WaitPost(() =>
+            {
+                sPauseManager.SetMapPaused(sMapId, false);
+            });
+
+            // Check that the map, grid and puddle are unpaused
+            await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.False(sPauseManager.IsMapPaused(sMapId));
+                Assert.False(sPauseManager.IsGridPaused(sGridId));
+                Assert.False(sPuddle.Owner.Paused);
+
+                // Check that the puddle still exists
+                Assert.False(sPuddle.Owner.Deleted);
+            });
+
+            // Wait enough time for it to evaporate
+            await server.WaitRunTicks(sTimeToWait);
+
+            // Puddle evaporation should have ticked
+            await server.WaitAssertion(() =>
+            {
+                // Check that the puddle is unpaused
+                Assert.False(sPuddle.Owner.Paused);
+
+                // Check that the puddle has evaporated some of its volume
+                Assert.That(sPuddle.CurrentVolume, Is.LessThan(sPuddleStartingVolume));
+
+                // If its new volume is zero it should have been deleted
+                if (sPuddle.CurrentVolume == ReagentUnit.Zero)
+                {
+                    Assert.True(sPuddle.Deleted);
+                }
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Fluids/PuddleComponent.cs b/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Fluids/PuddleComponent.cs
index 0a3de896c6..d3f3275c53 100644
--- a/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Fluids/PuddleComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Fluids/PuddleComponent.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameObjects.Components.Fluids
             set => _slipThreshold = value;
         }
 
-        private float _evaporateTime;
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The time that it will take this puddle to evaporate, in seconds.
+        /// </summary>
+        public float EvaporateTime { get; private set; }
+
         private string _spillSound;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameObjects.Components.Fluids
         {
             serializer.DataFieldCached(ref _spillSound, "spill_sound", "/Audio/Effects/Fluids/splat.ogg");
             serializer.DataField(ref _overflowVolume, "overflow_volume", ReagentUnit.New(20));
-            serializer.DataField(ref _evaporateTime, "evaporate_time", 5.0f);
+            serializer.DataField(this, x => x.EvaporateTime, "evaporate_time", 5.0f);
             // Long-term probably have this based on the underlying reagents
             serializer.DataField(ref _evaporateThreshold, "evaporate_threshold", ReagentUnit.New(20));
             serializer.DataField(ref _spriteVariants, "variants", 1);
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Content.Server.GameObjects.Components.Fluids
             _evaporationToken = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
             // KYS to evaporate
-            Owner.SpawnTimer(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_evaporateTime), Evaporate, _evaporationToken.Token);
+            Owner.SpawnTimer(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(EvaporateTime), Evaporate, _evaporationToken.Token);
         }
 
         private void UpdateSlip()