diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/MCMultiPart.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/MCMultiPart.scala
index 63895e4e8..eaf84bf9f 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/MCMultiPart.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/MCMultiPart.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package li.cil.oc.integration.mcmp
 import li.cil.oc.Constants
 import li.cil.oc.Settings
 import li.cil.oc.api
+import li.cil.oc.client.renderer.block.ModelInitialization
 import mcmultipart.item.PartPlacementWrapper
 import mcmultipart.multipart.MultipartRegistry
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.IBakedModel
@@ -11,10 +12,10 @@ import net.minecraft.util.RegistrySimple
 import net.minecraftforge.client.event.ModelBakeEvent
 import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.EventPriority
 
 object MCMultiPart {
-  final val CableMultipartLocation = Settings.resourceDomain + ":" + "multipart_" + Constants.BlockName.Cable
-  final val CableMultipartVariantLocation = new ModelResourceLocation(CableMultipartLocation, "multipart")
+  final val CableMultipartLocation = new ModelResourceLocation(Settings.resourceDomain + ":" + Constants.BlockName.Cable, "multipart")
 
   def init(): Unit = {
     MultipartRegistry.registerPart(classOf[PartCable], PartProvider.PartTypeCable)
@@ -28,10 +29,13 @@ object MCMultiPart {
     MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register(this)
   }
 
-  @SubscribeEvent
+  @SubscribeEvent(priority = EventPriority.LOW)
   def onModelBake(e: ModelBakeEvent): Unit = {
     val registry = e.modelRegistry.asInstanceOf[RegistrySimple[ModelResourceLocation, IBakedModel]]
 
-    registry.putObject(CableMultipartVariantLocation, PartCableModel)
+    // Replace default cable model with part model to properly handle connection
+    // rendering to multipart cables.
+    registry.putObject(ModelInitialization.CableBlockLocation, PartCableModel)
+    registry.putObject(CableMultipartLocation, PartCableModel)
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCable.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCable.scala
index 4944cb06f..e993d934d 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCable.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCable.scala
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class PartCable extends Multipart with ISlottedPart with IOccludingPart with ISl
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- //
 
-  override def getModelPath = MCMultiPart.CableMultipartLocation
+  override def getModelPath = MCMultiPart.CableMultipartLocation.getResourceDomain + ":" + MCMultiPart.CableMultipartLocation.getResourcePath
 
   override def createBlockState(): BlockState = new ExtendedBlockState(CableBlock, Array.empty, Array(property.PropertyTile.Tile))
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCableModel.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCableModel.scala
index 576927fc1..fb52bdfc6 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCableModel.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/mcmp/PartCableModel.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import mcmultipart.multipart.MultipartHelper
 import mcmultipart.multipart.PartSlot
 import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.model.IBakedModel
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack
 import net.minecraftforge.common.property.IExtendedBlockState
 
 object PartCableModel extends SmartBlockModelBase with ISmartMultipartModel {
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ object PartCableModel extends SmartBlockModelBase with ISmartMultipartModel {
     case _ => missingModel
   }
 
+  override def handleBlockState(state: IBlockState) = state match {
+    case extended: IExtendedBlockState => new BlockModel(extended)
+    case _ => missingModel
+  }
+
+  override def handleItemState(stack: ItemStack) = CableModel.ItemModel
+
   class BlockModel(state: IExtendedBlockState) extends CableModel.BlockModel(state) {
     override protected def isCable(pos: BlockPosition): Boolean = super.isCable(pos) || (pos.world match {
       case Some(world) =>