diff --git a/premake5.lua b/premake5.lua
index a7072040..76c11256 100644
--- a/premake5.lua
+++ b/premake5.lua
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ workspace "OpenAssetTools"
         defines "ARCH_x64"
     filter {}
 
+    filter "system:windows"
+        defines "OS_TARGET_WINDOWS"
+    filter {}
+
+    filter "system:linux"
+        defines "OS_TARGET_LINUX"
+    filter {}
+
     filter "configurations:Debug"
         defines "_DEBUG"
         optimize "Debug"
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderTechniqueSet.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderTechniqueSet.cpp
index 74cb7384..b7f84e62 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderTechniqueSet.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderTechniqueSet.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ namespace IW4
 
             if (pass.m_vertex_shader->Asset()->name && pass.m_vertex_shader->Asset()->name[0] == ',')
             {
-                pass.m_vertex_shader_info = m_shader_info_cache->LoadShaderInfoFromDisk(m_search_path, AssetLoaderVertexShader::GetFileNameForAsset(vertexShaderName));
+                pass.m_vertex_shader_info = m_shader_info_cache->LoadShaderInfoFromDisk(m_search_path, AssetLoaderVertexShader::GetFileNameForCompiledShader(vertexShaderName));
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.cpp
index c619bbd6..a7953cfc 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,79 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "ObjLoading.h"
 #include "Game/IW4/IW4.h"
 #include "Pool/GlobalAssetPool.h"
 
+#ifdef OS_TARGET_WINDOWS
+#include <d3dcompiler.h>
+
+#pragma comment(lib,"d3dcompiler.lib")
+#endif
+
 using namespace IW4;
 
+class ShaderIncluder : public ID3DInclude
+{
+    static constexpr auto MAX_SHADER_SIZE = 0x1900000u;
+
+public:
+    ShaderIncluder(ISearchPath* searchPath)
+        : m_search_path(searchPath)
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~ShaderIncluder() = default;
+
+    HRESULT __stdcall Open(D3D_INCLUDE_TYPE IncludeType, LPCSTR pFileName, LPCVOID pParentData, LPCVOID* ppData, UINT* pBytes) override
+    {
+        std::ostringstream ss;
+        ss << "shaders/" << pFileName;
+
+        auto file = m_search_path->Open(ss.str());
+        if (!file.IsOpen() || file.m_length <= 0)
+            return E_FAIL;
+
+        if (file.m_length > MAX_SHADER_SIZE)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Invalid shader source \"" << pFileName << "\": File too big: " << file.m_length << "\n";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const auto shaderSize = static_cast<size_t>(file.m_length);
+        auto shaderData = std::make_unique<char[]>(shaderSize);
+        file.m_stream->read(shaderData.get(), shaderSize);
+        file.m_stream.reset();
+
+        *ppData = shaderData.get();
+        *pBytes = shaderSize;
+
+        m_file_buffers_in_use.push_back(std::move(shaderData));
+
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+
+    HRESULT __stdcall Close(LPCVOID pData) override
+    {
+        for (auto i = m_file_buffers_in_use.begin(); i != m_file_buffers_in_use.end(); ++i)
+        {
+            if (i->get() == pData)
+            {
+                m_file_buffers_in_use.erase(i);
+                return S_OK;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return E_FAIL;
+    }
+
+private:
+    ISearchPath* m_search_path;
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<char[]>> m_file_buffers_in_use;
+};
+
 void* AssetLoaderVertexShader::CreateEmptyAsset(const std::string& assetName, MemoryManager* memory)
 {
     auto* vertexShader = memory->Create<MaterialVertexShader>();
@@ -24,23 +90,102 @@ bool AssetLoaderVertexShader::CanLoadFromRaw() const
     return true;
 }
 
-std::string AssetLoaderVertexShader::GetFileNameForAsset(const std::string& assetName)
+std::string AssetLoaderVertexShader::GetFileNameForSourceShader(const std::string& assetName)
+{
+    std::ostringstream ss;
+    ss << "shader/" << assetName;
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
+bool AssetLoaderVertexShader::LoadFromSource(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone)
+{
+#ifdef OS_TARGET_WINDOWS
+    const auto fileName = GetFileNameForSourceShader(assetName);
+    auto file = searchPath->Open(fileName);
+    if (!file.IsOpen() || file.m_length <= 0)
+        return false;
+
+    if (file.m_length > MAX_SHADER_SIZE)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Invalid vertex shader source \"" << assetName << "\": File too big: " << file.m_length << "\n";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const auto shaderSize = static_cast<size_t>(file.m_length);
+    const auto shaderData = std::make_unique<char[]>(shaderSize);
+    file.m_stream->read(shaderData.get(), shaderSize);
+    file.m_stream.reset();
+
+    constexpr unsigned shaderFlags = D3DCOMPILE_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL1
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+            | D3DCOMPILE_DEBUG
+#endif
+        ;
+
+    ShaderIncluder shaderIncluder(searchPath);
+
+    ID3DBlob* shaderBlob = nullptr;
+    ID3DBlob* errorBlob = nullptr;
+    const auto errorCode = D3DCompile(shaderData.get(), shaderSize, assetName.c_str(), nullptr, &shaderIncluder, "VSMain", "vs_3_0", shaderFlags, 0u, &shaderBlob, &errorBlob);
+
+    if (FAILED(errorCode))
+    {
+        std::cerr << "Invalid vertex shader \"" << assetName << "\": Compilation error\n";
+
+        if (errorBlob)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "  " << static_cast<char*>(errorBlob->GetBufferPointer()) << "\n";
+            errorBlob->Release();
+        }
+
+        if (shaderBlob)
+            shaderBlob->Release();
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "Compiled vertex shader \"" << assetName << "\"\n";
+
+    const auto shaderBlobSize = static_cast<size_t>(shaderBlob->GetBufferSize());
+    assert(shaderBlobSize % sizeof(uint32_t) == 0);
+
+    auto* vertexShader = memory->Create<MaterialVertexShader>();
+    vertexShader->name = memory->Dup(assetName.c_str());
+    vertexShader->prog.loadDef.programSize = static_cast<uint16_t>(shaderBlobSize / sizeof(uint32_t));
+    vertexShader->prog.loadDef.loadForRenderer = 0;
+    vertexShader->prog.vs = nullptr;
+
+    auto* assetShaderBuffer = static_cast<char*>(memory->Alloc(shaderBlobSize));
+    memcpy(assetShaderBuffer, shaderBlob->GetBufferPointer(), shaderBlobSize);
+    vertexShader->prog.loadDef.program = reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(assetShaderBuffer);
+    manager->AddAsset(ASSET_TYPE_VERTEXSHADER, assetName, vertexShader);
+
+    shaderBlob->Release();
+
+    return true;
+#else
+    // Shader compilation is only support with Windows
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+std::string AssetLoaderVertexShader::GetFileNameForCompiledShader(const std::string& assetName)
 {
     std::ostringstream ss;
     ss << "shader_bin/vs_" << assetName << ".cso";
     return ss.str();
 }
 
-bool AssetLoaderVertexShader::LoadFromRaw(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone) const
+bool AssetLoaderVertexShader::LoadCompiled(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone)
 {
-    const auto fileName = GetFileNameForAsset(assetName);
+    const auto fileName = GetFileNameForCompiledShader(assetName);
     const auto file = searchPath->Open(fileName);
     if (!file.IsOpen())
         return false;
 
     if (file.m_length % sizeof(uint32_t) != 0)
     {
-        std::cerr << "Invalid vertex shader \"" << assetName << "\": Size must be dividable by " << sizeof(uint32_t) << "\n";
+        std::cerr << "Invalid compiled vertex shader \"" << assetName << "\": Size must be dividable by " << sizeof(uint32_t) << "\n";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -60,3 +205,8 @@ bool AssetLoaderVertexShader::LoadFromRaw(const std::string& assetName, ISearchP
 
     return true;
 }
+
+bool AssetLoaderVertexShader::LoadFromRaw(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone) const
+{
+    return LoadFromSource(assetName, searchPath, memory, manager, zone) || LoadCompiled(assetName, searchPath, memory, manager, zone);
+}
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.h b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.h
index b2eab7e8..fc235db0 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.h
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/Game/IW4/AssetLoaders/AssetLoaderVertexShader.h
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@ namespace IW4
 {
     class AssetLoaderVertexShader final : public BasicAssetLoader<ASSET_TYPE_VERTEXSHADER, MaterialVertexShader>
     {
+        static constexpr auto MAX_SHADER_SIZE = 0x1900000u;
+
     public:
-        _NODISCARD static std::string GetFileNameForAsset(const std::string& assetName);
+        _NODISCARD static std::string GetFileNameForSourceShader(const std::string& assetName);
+        static bool LoadFromSource(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone);
+
+        _NODISCARD static std::string GetFileNameForCompiledShader(const std::string& assetName);
+        static bool LoadCompiled(const std::string& assetName, ISearchPath* searchPath, MemoryManager* memory, IAssetLoadingManager* manager, Zone* zone);
 
         _NODISCARD void* CreateEmptyAsset(const std::string& assetName, MemoryManager* memory) override;
         _NODISCARD bool CanLoadFromRaw() const override;