diff --git a/model/Texture.cpp b/model/Texture.cpp
index f063de7a..ec351afc 100644
--- a/model/Texture.cpp
+++ b/model/Texture.cpp
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 #ifndef FOURCC_DX10
 #define FOURCC_DX10 (MAKEFOURCC('D','X','1','0'))
 #endif
-// BC7, core since GL 4.2 (ARB_texture_compression_bptc), the bundled glad is generated for 3.3
-#ifndef GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_BPTC_UNORM
-#define GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_BPTC_UNORM 0x8E8C
-#endif
-#ifndef GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_BPTC_UNORM
-#define GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_BPTC_UNORM 0x8E8D
-#endif
 
 // texture data read by a worker thread. the texture itself is only touched by the main thread,
 // which takes the data over when the texture is created on the gl side
diff --git a/model/Texture.h b/model/Texture.h
index a17e8e15..a5dd7ee4 100644
--- a/model/Texture.h
+++ b/model/Texture.h
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 #include "gl/ubo.h"
 #include "interfaces/ITexture.h"
 
+// BC7, core since GL 4.2 (ARB_texture_compression_bptc), the bundled glad is generated for 3.3. data_format of BC7 dds files,
+// which the vulkan renderer maps too
+#ifndef GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_BPTC_UNORM
+#define GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_BPTC_UNORM 0x8E8C
+#endif
+#ifndef GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_BPTC_UNORM
+#define GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_BPTC_UNORM 0x8E8D
+#endif
+
 struct texture_request; // texture data read by a worker thread, with gfx.textures.streaming
 
 // a texture as its file gives it, whichever api draws it: read and decoded (dds, tga, png, bmp, jpg, ktx, tex), with the mipmaps
diff --git a/rendering/vulkan14/vulkan14texture.cpp b/rendering/vulkan14/vulkan14texture.cpp
index dd5ba3e3..7e18eb9a 100644
--- a/rendering/vulkan14/vulkan14texture.cpp
+++ b/rendering/vulkan14/vulkan14texture.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,13 @@ texture_format texture_format_of(GLint Format, GLint Hint)
 		result.compressed = true;
 		result.block_bytes = 16;
 		return result;
+	case GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_BPTC_UNORM:
+	case GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_BPTC_UNORM:
+		// bc7 dds files, sampled as they are: part of textureCompressionBC, which the device requires
+		result.format = ((srgb || (Format == GL_COMPRESSED_SRGB_ALPHA_BPTC_UNORM)) ? VK_FORMAT_BC7_SRGB_BLOCK : VK_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_BLOCK);
+		result.compressed = true;
+		result.block_bytes = 16;
+		return result;
 	case GL_RGBA:
 	case GL_BGRA:
 	case GL_RGB: