diff --git a/Globals.cpp b/Globals.cpp
index 912df735..047a2f81 100644
--- a/Globals.cpp
+++ b/Globals.cpp
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ global_settings::ConfigParse(cParser &Parser) {
             Parser.getTokens( 1 );
             Parser >> dds_upper_origin;			
 		}
+		else if (token == "compresstex") {
+            Parser.getTokens( 1 );
+            Parser >> compress_tex;
+		}
     } while ((token != "") && (token != "endconfig")); //(!Parser->EndOfFile)
     // na koniec trochę zależności
     if (!bLoadTraction) // wczytywanie drutów i słupów
diff --git a/Globals.h b/Globals.h
index 7b1230f8..539e44c4 100644
--- a/Globals.h
+++ b/Globals.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ struct global_settings {
 	std::string screenshot_dir;
 	bool loading_log = true;
 	bool dds_upper_origin = false;
+	bool compress_tex = true;
 
 // methods
     void LoadIniFile( std::string asFileName );
diff --git a/Texture.cpp b/Texture.cpp
index 8cf8f8ad..2385d606 100644
--- a/Texture.cpp
+++ b/Texture.cpp
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ opengl_texture::create() {
             else {
                 // uncompressed texture data. have the gfx card do the compression as it sees fit
                 ::glTexImage2D(
-                    GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA,
+                    GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, Global.compress_tex ? GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA : GL_RGBA,
                     data_width, data_height, 0,
                     data_format, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, (GLubyte *)&data[ 0 ] );
             }