diff --git a/performance.c b/performance.c
index fa86685d17..e1a8faa355 100644
--- a/performance.c
+++ b/performance.c
@@ -219,12 +219,16 @@ void rarch_get_cpu_features(struct rarch_cpu_features *cpu)
    if (flags[3] & (1 << 26))
       cpu->simd |= RARCH_SIMD_SSE2;
 
+   if (flags[2] & (1 << 0))
+      cpu->simd |= RARCH_SIMD_SSE3;
+
    const int avx_flags = (1 << 27) | (1 << 28);
    if ((flags[2] & avx_flags) == avx_flags)
       cpu->simd |= RARCH_SIMD_AVX;
 
    RARCH_LOG("[CPUID]: SSE:  %u\n", !!(cpu->simd & RARCH_SIMD_SSE));
    RARCH_LOG("[CPUID]: SSE2: %u\n", !!(cpu->simd & RARCH_SIMD_SSE2));
+   RARCH_LOG("[CPUID]: SSE3: %u\n", !!(cpu->simd & RARCH_SIMD_SSE3));
    RARCH_LOG("[CPUID]: AVX:  %u\n", !!(cpu->simd & RARCH_SIMD_AVX));
 #elif defined(ANDROID) && defined(ANDROID_ARM)
    uint64_t cpu_flags = android_getCpuFeatures();
diff --git a/performance.h b/performance.h
index 4515dc1c65..2fde5a1f9d 100644
--- a/performance.h
+++ b/performance.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct rarch_cpu_features
 #define RARCH_SIMD_VMX128   (1 << 3)
 #define RARCH_SIMD_AVX      (1 << 4)
 #define RARCH_SIMD_NEON     (1 << 5)
+#define RARCH_SIMD_SSE3     (1 << 6)
 
 void rarch_get_cpu_features(struct rarch_cpu_features *cpu);