diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
index e1e96b68..7f4ae5ca 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ public final class ComponentBuilder
     {
         Preconditions.checkArgument( components.length != 0, "No components to append" );
 
+        BaseComponent previous = current;
         for ( BaseComponent component : components )
         {
             parts.add( current );
 
-            BaseComponent previous = current;
             current = component.duplicate();
             current.copyFormatting( previous, retention, false );
         }
diff --git a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
index ce56c7f7..5bf1bf8e 100644
--- a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
+++ b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
@@ -5,9 +5,29 @@ import net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class ComponentsTest
 {
 
+    @Test
+    public void testLegacyComponentBuilderAppend()
+    {
+        String text = "§a§lHello §r§kworld§7!";
+        BaseComponent[] components = TextComponent.fromLegacyText( text );
+        BaseComponent[] builderComponents = new ComponentBuilder( "" ).append( components ).create();
+        List<BaseComponent> list = new ArrayList<BaseComponent>( Arrays.asList( builderComponents ) );
+        // Remove the first element (empty text component). This needs to be done because toLegacyText always
+        // appends &f regardless if the color is non null or not and would otherwise mess with our unit test.
+        list.remove( 0 );
+        Assert.assertEquals(
+            TextComponent.toLegacyText( components ),
+            TextComponent.toLegacyText( list.toArray( new BaseComponent[ list.size() ] ) )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testComponentFormatRetention()
     {