diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
index a5b4b14646..fa8ca01a11 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
@@ -213,14 +213,29 @@ public BaseComponent duplicateWithoutFormatting()
     public static String toLegacyText(BaseComponent... components)
     {
         StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        ComponentStyle currentStyle = new ComponentStyle();
-        currentStyle.setColor( ChatColor.RESET );
+        ComponentStyle currentLegacy = new ComponentStyle();
+        currentLegacy.setColor( ChatColor.RESET );
+
+        toLegacyText( builder, currentLegacy, components );
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the components to a string that uses the old formatting codes
+     * ({@link net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor#COLOR_CHAR}
+     *
+     * @param builder the StringBuilder to append to
+     * @param currentLegacy the style at the end of {@code builder}
+     * @param components the components to convert
+     * @return the style at the end of the legacy string
+     */
+    public static ComponentStyle toLegacyText(StringBuilder builder, ComponentStyle currentLegacy, BaseComponent... components)
+    {
         for ( BaseComponent msg : components )
         {
-            currentStyle = msg.toLegacyText( builder, currentStyle );
+            currentLegacy = msg.toLegacyText( builder, currentLegacy );
         }
-        return builder.toString();
+        return currentLegacy;
     }
 
     /**
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 a4c45e6584..9d09b35260 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
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor.*;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import java.awt.Color;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -905,4 +906,21 @@ public void testExtraFormattingNested()
         // see TextComponent#toLegacyText comment as to why we keep it
         assertEquals( GOLD + "Hello " + BOLD + "World" + GOLD + RED + "!" + GOLD + " xd", component.toLegacyText() );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testArrayToLegacyConversionContext()
+    {
+        TextComponent world = new TextComponent( "World" );
+        world.setBold( true );
+        BaseComponent[] components = new BaseComponent[]
+        {
+            new TextComponent( "Hello " ),
+            world,
+            new TextComponent( "!" )
+        };
+        System.out.println( "components = " + Arrays.toString( components ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "Hello World!", BaseComponent.toPlainText( components ) );
+        assertEquals( "Hello " + BOLD + "World" + RESET + "!", BaseComponent.toLegacyText( components ) );
+    }
 }