diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 057165ca..ba74fb7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - Cleaned up the efro.message system to isolate response types that are used purely internally (via a new SysResponse type).
 - Fixed bug with 'Disable Camera Shake' option. (GitHub #511)
 - Fixed an issue where Co-op football would play no music.
+- Accept "fairydust" as an emit type in `ba.emitfx()`.
 
 ### 1.7.8 (build 20871, api 7, 2022-09-21)
 - Fixed tournament scores submits which were broken in 1.7.7 (oops).
diff --git a/assets/src/ba_data/python/._bainternal_sources_hash b/assets/src/ba_data/python/._bainternal_sources_hash
index 3307093f..99a731ce 100644
--- a/assets/src/ba_data/python/._bainternal_sources_hash
+++ b/assets/src/ba_data/python/._bainternal_sources_hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-139020022013133168311319486434408589898
\ No newline at end of file
+139020022013133168311319486434408589898
diff --git a/src/ballistica/python/methods/python_methods_gameplay.cc b/src/ballistica/python/methods/python_methods_gameplay.cc
index fdc0a550..46334d17 100644
--- a/src/ballistica/python/methods/python_methods_gameplay.cc
+++ b/src/ballistica/python/methods/python_methods_gameplay.cc
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ auto PyEmitFx(PyObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* keywds) -> PyObject* {
     emit_type = BGDynamicsEmitType::kDistortion;
   } else if (!strcmp(emit_type_str, "flag_stand")) {
     emit_type = BGDynamicsEmitType::kFlagStand;
+  } else if (!strcmp(emit_type_str, "fairydust")) {
+    emit_type = BGDynamicsEmitType::kFairyDust;
   } else {
     throw Exception("Invalid emit type: '" + std::string(emit_type_str) + "'.",
                     PyExcType::kValue);