diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 243466864..03e14ad42 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -1601,10 +1601,15 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 			$dy = $newPos->y - $this->y;
 			$dz = $newPos->z - $this->z;
 
+			//the client likes to clip into blocks like stairs, but we do full server-side prediction of that without
+			//help from the client's position changes, so we deduct the expected clip height from the moved distance.
+			$expectedClipDistance = $this->ySize * (1 - self::STEP_CLIP_MULTIPLIER);
+			$dy -= $expectedClipDistance;
 			$this->move($dx, $dy, $dz);
 
 			$diff = $this->distanceSquared($newPos);
 
+			//TODO: Explore lowering this threshold now that stairs work properly.
 			if($this->isSurvival() and $diff > 0.0625){
 				$ev = new PlayerIllegalMoveEvent($this, $newPos, new Vector3($this->lastX, $this->lastY, $this->lastZ));
 				$ev->setCancelled($this->allowMovementCheats);
@@ -1614,7 +1619,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 				if(!$ev->isCancelled()){
 					$revert = true;
 					$this->server->getLogger()->debug($this->getServer()->getLanguage()->translateString("pocketmine.player.invalidMove", [$this->getName()]));
-					$this->server->getLogger()->debug("Old position: " . $this->asVector3() . ", new position: " . $newPos);
+					$this->server->getLogger()->debug("Old position: " . $this->asVector3() . ", new position: " . $newPos . ", expected clip distance: $expectedClipDistance");
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/entity/Entity.php b/src/pocketmine/entity/Entity.php
index 1eca4b6ae..4ba1c369c 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/entity/Entity.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/entity/Entity.php
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ use const M_PI_2;
 abstract class Entity extends Location implements Metadatable, EntityIds{
 
 	public const MOTION_THRESHOLD = 0.00001;
+	protected const STEP_CLIP_MULTIPLIER = 0.4;
 
 	public const NETWORK_ID = -1;
 
@@ -1538,7 +1539,7 @@ abstract class Entity extends Location implements Metadatable, EntityIds{
 		if($this->keepMovement){
 			$this->boundingBox->offset($dx, $dy, $dz);
 		}else{
-			$this->ySize *= 0.4;
+			$this->ySize *= self::STEP_CLIP_MULTIPLIER;
 
 			/*
 			if($this->isColliding){ //With cobweb?
@@ -1605,7 +1606,7 @@ abstract class Entity extends Location implements Metadatable, EntityIds{
 
 			$this->boundingBox->offset(0, 0, $dz);
 
-			if($this->stepHeight > 0 and $fallingFlag and $this->ySize < 0.05 and ($movX != $dx or $movZ != $dz)){
+			if($this->stepHeight > 0 and $fallingFlag and ($movX != $dx or $movZ != $dz)){
 				$cx = $dx;
 				$cy = $dy;
 				$cz = $dz;