diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Projectiles/Bullet.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Projectiles/Bullet.cs
index 461454e983..c5666d2d88 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Projectiles/Bullet.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Projectiles/Bullet.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Projectiles
 		[Desc("Delay in ticks until trail animation is spawned.")]
 		public readonly int TrailDelay = 1;
 
+		[Desc("Altitude above terrain below which to explode. Zero effectively deactivates airburst.")]
+		public readonly WDist AirburstAltitude = WDist.Zero;
+
 		[Desc("Palette used to render the trail sequence.")]
 		[PaletteReference("TrailUsePlayerPalette")] public readonly string TrailPalette = "effect";
 
@@ -142,6 +145,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Projectiles
 				target += WVec.FromPDF(world.SharedRandom, 2) * maxOffset / 1024;
 			}
 
+			if (info.AirburstAltitude > WDist.Zero)
+				target += new WVec(WDist.Zero, WDist.Zero, info.AirburstAltitude);
+
 			facing = (target - pos).Yaw.Facing;
 			length = Math.Max((target - pos).Length / speed.Length, 1);