diff --git a/Penumbra/Configuration.cs b/Penumbra/Configuration.cs
index 8cb3e746..dfa22fd2 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Configuration.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Configuration.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public partial class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public bool UseCharacterCollectionInTryOn { get; set; } = true;
     public bool UseOwnerNameForCharacterCollection { get; set; } = true;
     public bool PreferNamedCollectionsOverOwners { get; set; } = true;
+    public bool UseDefaultCollectionForRetainers { get; set; } = false;
 
 #if DEBUG
     public bool DebugMode { get; set; } = true;
diff --git a/Penumbra/Interop/Resolver/PathResolver.Data.cs b/Penumbra/Interop/Resolver/PathResolver.Data.cs
index 00b92905..71cda6c5 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Interop/Resolver/PathResolver.Data.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Interop/Resolver/PathResolver.Data.cs
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ public unsafe partial class PathResolver
             return Penumbra.CollectionManager.Default;
         }
 
+        // Housing Retainers
+        if( Penumbra.Config.UseDefaultCollectionForRetainers && gameObject->ObjectKind == (byte) ObjectKind.EventNpc && gameObject->DataID == 1011832 )
+            return Penumbra.CollectionManager.Default;
+
         string? actorName = null;
         if( Penumbra.Config.PreferNamedCollectionsOverOwners )
         {
diff --git a/Penumbra/UI/ConfigWindow.SettingsTab.General.cs b/Penumbra/UI/ConfigWindow.SettingsTab.General.cs
index e69fa219..b545b1eb 100644
--- a/Penumbra/UI/ConfigWindow.SettingsTab.General.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/UI/ConfigWindow.SettingsTab.General.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ public partial class ConfigWindow
                 "If you have a character collection set to a specific name for a companion or combat pet, prefer this collection over the owner's collection.\n"
               + "That is, if you have a 'Topaz Carbuncle' collection, it will use this one instead of the one for its owner.",
                 Penumbra.Config.PreferNamedCollectionsOverOwners, v => Penumbra.Config.PreferNamedCollectionsOverOwners = v );
+            Checkbox( "Use Default Collection for Housing Retainers",
+                "Housing Retainers use the name of their owner instead of their own, you can decide to let them use their owners character collection or the default collection.\n"
+              + "It is not possible to make them have their own collection, since they have no connection to their actual name.",
+                Penumbra.Config.UseDefaultCollectionForRetainers, v => Penumbra.Config.UseDefaultCollectionForRetainers = v );
             ImGui.Dummy( _window._defaultSpace );
             DrawFolderSortType();
             DrawAbsoluteSizeSelector();