diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_medsandchemicals.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_medsandchemicals.json
index 1d845e3773cba..79e2862259d24 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_medsandchemicals.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_medsandchemicals.json
@@ -567,6 +567,22 @@
     "tools": [ [ [ "water_boiling_heat", 120, "LIST" ] ] ],
     "components": [ [ [ "lye", 6 ] ] ]
   },
+  {
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "activity_level": "LIGHT_EXERCISE",
+    "result": "lye",
+    "id_suffix": "from_lye_powder",
+    "category": "CC_CHEM",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_CHEM_CHEMICALS",
+    "skill_used": "chemistry",
+    "difficulty": 1,
+    "time": "1 m",
+    "autolearn": true,
+    "batch_time_factors": [ 90, 4 ],
+    "//": "reversal of the recipe above",
+    "components": [ [ [ "water", 3 ] ], [ [ "lye_powder", 100 ] ] ],
+    "charges": 3
+  },
   {
     "type": "recipe",
     "activity_level": "LIGHT_EXERCISE",