diff --git a/include/constants/battle_config.h b/include/constants/battle_config.h
index d989e746d0..9715e802fe 100644
--- a/include/constants/battle_config.h
+++ b/include/constants/battle_config.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 #define B_BRICK_BREAK               GEN_7 // In Gen4+, you can destroy your own side's screens. In Gen 5+, screens are not removed if the target is immune.
 #define B_WISH_HP_SOURCE            GEN_7 // In Gen5+, Wish heals half of the user's max HP instead of the target's.
 #define B_RAMPAGE_CANCELLING        GEN_7 // In Gen5+, a failed Thrash, etc, will cancel except on its last turn.
+#define B_ROOTED_GROUNDING          GEN_7 // In Gen4+, Ingrain causes the affected Pokémon to become grounded.
 
 // Ability settings
 #define B_EXPANDED_ABILITY_NAMES    TRUE  // If TRUE, ability names are increased from 12 characters to 16 characters.
diff --git a/src/battle_util.c b/src/battle_util.c
index d9831f8f68..a6040eab18 100644
--- a/src/battle_util.c
+++ b/src/battle_util.c
@@ -7736,8 +7736,10 @@ bool32 IsBattlerGrounded(u8 battlerId)
         return TRUE;
     else if (gFieldStatuses & STATUS_FIELD_GRAVITY)
         return TRUE;
+#if B_ROOTED_GROUNDING >= GEN_4
     else if (gStatuses3[battlerId] & STATUS3_ROOTED)
         return TRUE;
+#endif
     else if (gStatuses3[battlerId] & STATUS3_SMACKED_DOWN)
         return TRUE;