diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index 4e449c0455..484f589052 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ if [ "$HAVE_NEON" = "yes" ]; then
    ASFLAGS="$ASFLAGS -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=hard"
 fi
 
+if [ "$HAVE_SSE" = "yes" ]; then
+   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -msse -msse2"
+   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -msse -msse2"
+fi
+
 if [ "$HAVE_EGL" != "no" ]; then
    check_pkgconf EGL egl
    # some systems have EGL libs, but no pkgconfig
diff --git a/qb/config.params.sh b/qb/config.params.sh
index aae6eaf650..3ac1576b84 100644
--- a/qb/config.params.sh
+++ b/qb/config.params.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ HAVE_XVIDEO=auto        # Enable XVideo support
 HAVE_SDL_IMAGE=auto     # Enable SDL_image support
 HAVE_PYTHON=auto        # Enable Python 3 support for shaders
 HAVE_BSV_MOVIE=yes      # Disable BSV movie support
-HAVE_NEON=no            # Enable ARM NEON optimizations (hardfloat)
+HAVE_NEON=no            # Forcefully enable ARM NEON optimizations (hardfloat)
+HAVE_SSE=no             # Forcefully enable x86 SSE optimizations (SSE, SSE2)