diff --git a/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.cpp b/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.cpp
index af8b98036..3d87adaa7 100644
--- a/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.cpp
+++ b/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 #include "colourblock.h"
+// -- Pandemonium start --
+#include "alpha.h"
+// -- Pandemonium end --
 
 namespace squish {
 
@@ -211,4 +214,23 @@ void DecompressColour( u8* rgba, void const* block, bool isDxt1 )
     }
 }
 
+// -- Pandemonium start --
+void DecompressColourBc5( u8* rgba, void const* block)
+{
+    void const* rblock = block;
+    void const* gblock = reinterpret_cast< u8 const* >( block ) + 8;
+    DecompressAlphaDxt5(rgba,rblock);
+    for ( int i = 0; i < 16; ++i ) {
+        rgba[i*4] = rgba[i*4 + 3];
+    }
+    DecompressAlphaDxt5(rgba,gblock);
+    for ( int i = 0; i < 16; ++i ) {
+        rgba[i*4+1] = rgba[i*4 + 3];
+        rgba[i*4 + 2] = 0;
+        rgba[i*4 + 3] = 255;
+    }
+}
+// -- PANDEMONIUM end --
+
+
 } // namespace squish
diff --git a/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.h b/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.h
index fee2cd7c5..3cb9b7e3b 100644
--- a/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.h
+++ b/thirdparty/squish/colourblock.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ void WriteColourBlock3( Vec3::Arg start, Vec3::Arg end, u8 const* indices, void*
 void WriteColourBlock4( Vec3::Arg start, Vec3::Arg end, u8 const* indices, void* block );
 
 void DecompressColour( u8* rgba, void const* block, bool isDxt1 );
+// -- PANDEMONIUM start --
+void DecompressColourBc5( u8* rgba, void const* block );
+// -- PANDEMONIUM end --
 
 } // namespace squish
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/squish/config.h b/thirdparty/squish/config.h
index 92edefe96..05f8d7259 100644
--- a/thirdparty/squish/config.h
+++ b/thirdparty/squish/config.h
@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@
 #endif
 
 // Set to 1 or 2 when building squish to use SSE or SSE2 instructions.
+// -- PANDEMONIUM start --
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+  #if defined(_M_IX86_FP)
+    #if _M_IX86_FP >= 2
+      #define SQUISH_USE_SSE 2
+    #elif _M_IX86_FP >= 1
+      #define SQUISH_USE_SSE 1
+    #endif
+  #elif defined(_M_X64)
+    #define SQUISH_USE_SSE 2
+  #endif
+#else
+  #if defined(__SSE2__)
+    #define SQUISH_USE_SSE 2
+  #elif defined(__SSE__)
+    #define SQUISH_USE_SSE 1
+  #endif
+#endif
+// -- PANDEMONIUM end --
+
 #ifndef SQUISH_USE_SSE
 #define SQUISH_USE_SSE 0
 #endif
diff --git a/thirdparty/squish/squish.cpp b/thirdparty/squish/squish.cpp
index 1d22a64ad..fd11a147d 100644
--- a/thirdparty/squish/squish.cpp
+++ b/thirdparty/squish/squish.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@ void Decompress( u8* rgba, void const* block, int flags )
         colourBlock = reinterpret_cast< u8 const* >( block ) + 8;
 
     // decompress colour
-    DecompressColour( rgba, colourBlock, ( flags & kDxt1 ) != 0 );
+    // -- PANDEMONIUM start --
+    //DecompressColour( rgba, colourBlock, ( flags & kDxt1 ) != 0 );
+    if(( flags & ( kBc5 ) ) != 0)
+        DecompressColourBc5( rgba, colourBlock);
+    else
+        DecompressColour( rgba, colourBlock, ( flags & kDxt1 ) != 0 );
+    // -- PANDEMONIUM end --
 
     // decompress alpha separately if necessary
     if( ( flags & kDxt3 ) != 0 )