diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index 567c82c7c..f539a7b7a 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2689,6 +2689,18 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 		return $this->networkSession->sendDataPacket($packet, $immediate);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated This is a proxy for sendDataPacket() and will be removed in the next major release.
+	 * @see Player::sendDataPacket()
+	 *
+	 * @param DataPacket $packet
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function dataPacket(DataPacket $packet) : bool{
+		return $this->sendDataPacket($packet, false);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Transfers a player to another server.
 	 *