diff --git a/regamedll/engine/osconfig.h b/regamedll/engine/osconfig.h
index 1077e7d1..02a82812 100644
--- a/regamedll/engine/osconfig.h
+++ b/regamedll/engine/osconfig.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 
 // enable SSE code only if it's enabled in compiler options
-#if defined(__SSE__) || defined(__SSE2__) || defined(_M_IX86_FP) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64)
+#if (defined(REHLDS_SSE) || defined(REGAMEDLL_SSE)) && (defined(__SSE__) || defined(__SSE2__) || defined(_M_IX86_FP) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_X64))
 	// #error "SSE enabled"
 	#define HAVE_SSE
 #endif
diff --git a/regamedll/msvc/ReGameDLL.vcxproj b/regamedll/msvc/ReGameDLL.vcxproj
index 776cd00e..ed8f5289 100644
--- a/regamedll/msvc/ReGameDLL.vcxproj
+++ b/regamedll/msvc/ReGameDLL.vcxproj
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>REGAMEDLL_ADD;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_FIXES;REGAMEDLL_SELF;UNICODE_FIXES;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>REGAMEDLL_ADD;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_SSE;REGAMEDLL_FIXES;REGAMEDLL_SELF;UNICODE_FIXES;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <FloatingPointModel>Fast</FloatingPointModel>
       <AdditionalOptions>/arch:IA32 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Full</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>REGAMEDLL_ADD;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_FIXES;REGAMEDLL_SELF;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;UNICODE_FIXES;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>REGAMEDLL_ADD;REGAMEDLL_SSE;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_FIXES;REGAMEDLL_SELF;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;UNICODE_FIXES;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <FloatingPointModel>Fast</FloatingPointModel>
       <AdditionalOptions>/arch:IA32 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Full</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PLAY_GAMEDLL;REGAMEDLL_SELF;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PLAY_GAMEDLL;REGAMEDLL_SELF;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_SSE;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <FloatingPointModel>Precise</FloatingPointModel>
       <AdditionalOptions>/arch:IA32 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PLAY_GAMEDLL;REGAMEDLL_SELF;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;REGAMEDLL_API;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PLAY_GAMEDLL;REGAMEDLL_SELF;REGAMEDLL_CHECKS;REGAMEDLL_API;REGAMEDLL_SSE;CLIENT_WEAPONS;USE_BREAKPAD_HANDLER;USE_QSTRING;DEDICATED;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <FloatingPointModel>Precise</FloatingPointModel>
       <AdditionalOptions>/arch:IA32 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/shared_gcc.gradle b/shared_gcc.gradle
index 03654bc8..0240e401 100644
--- a/shared_gcc.gradle
+++ b/shared_gcc.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rootProject.ext.createGccConfig = { boolean release, BinaryKind binKind ->
 				)
 		)
 	} else {
-		//debug
+		// debug
 		cfg = new GccToolchainConfig(
 				compilerOptions: new GccToolchainConfig.CompilerOptions(
 						optimizationLevel: OptimizationLevel.DISABLE,
diff --git a/shared_icc.gradle b/shared_icc.gradle
index 424750f9..8c816b7c 100644
--- a/shared_icc.gradle
+++ b/shared_icc.gradle
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ rootProject.ext.createIccConfig = { boolean release, BinaryKind binKind ->
 		)
 	}
 
+	cfg.singleDefines('REGAMEDLL_SSE')
 	cfg.singleDefines('LINUX', '_LINUX')
 	return cfg
 }
diff --git a/shared_msvc.gradle b/shared_msvc.gradle
index 0a832e17..fda966ee 100644
--- a/shared_msvc.gradle
+++ b/shared_msvc.gradle
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ rootProject.ext.createMsvcConfig = { boolean release, BinaryKind binKind ->
 
 	cfg.compilerOptions.args "/FS", "/I${kitPath}Include/${ucrtVersion}/ucrt";
 	cfg.linkerOptions.args("/LIBPATH:${kitPath}Lib/${ucrtVersion}/ucrt/x86");
+	cfg.singleDefines('REGAMEDLL_SSE')
 
 	return cfg
 }