diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbCopy.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbCopy.cpp
index 5b858e61a8..4ca84cd716 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbCopy.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbCopy.cpp
@@ -28,12 +28,23 @@ namespace EfbCopy
 	void CopyToXfb(u32 xfbAddr, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight, const EFBRectangle& sourceRc, float Gamma)
 	{
 		if (!g_SWVideoConfig.bHwRasterizer)
+
 		{
 			INFO_LOG(VIDEO, "xfbaddr: %x, fbwidth: %i, fbheight: %i, source: (%i, %i, %i, %i), Gamma %f",
 					 xfbAddr, fbWidth, fbHeight, sourceRc.top, sourceRc.left, sourceRc.bottom, sourceRc.right, Gamma);
-			EfbInterface::yuv422_packed* xfb_in_ram = (EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *) Memory::GetPointer(xfbAddr);
 
-			EfbInterface::CopyToXFB(xfb_in_ram, fbWidth, fbHeight, sourceRc, Gamma);
+			if(!g_SWVideoConfig.bBypassXFB) {
+				EfbInterface::yuv422_packed* xfb_in_ram = (EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *) Memory::GetPointer(xfbAddr);
+
+				EfbInterface::CopyToXFB(xfb_in_ram, fbWidth, fbHeight, sourceRc, Gamma);
+
+			} else {
+				s8 *colorTexture = SWRenderer::getColorTexture(); // Ask SWRenderer for the next colour texture
+
+				EfbInterface::BypassXFB(colourTexture, fbWidth, fbHeight, sourceRc, Gamma);
+
+				SWRenderer::swapColorTexture(); // Tell SWRenderer we are now finished with it.
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp
index d20ea39b96..7ab5b2f942 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.cpp
@@ -549,6 +549,26 @@ namespace EfbInterface
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Like CopyToXFB, but we copy directly into the opengl colour texture without going via Gamecube main memory or doing a yuyv conversion
+	void BypassXFB(u8* texture, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight, const EFBRectangle& sourceRc, float Gamma) {
+		u32 color;
+		u8* colorPtr = (u8*)&color;
+		u32* texturePtr = (u32*)texture;
+		u32 textureAddress = 0;
+
+		int left = sourceRc.left;
+		int right = sourceRc.right;
+
+		for (u16 y = sourceRc.top; y < sourceRc.bottom; y++)
+		{
+			for (u16 x = left; x < right; x++)
+			{
+				GetColor(x, y, colorPtr);
+				texturePtr[textureAddress++] = Common::swap32(color);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	bool ZCompare(u16 x, u16 y, u32 z)
 	{
 		u32 offset = GetDepthOffset(x, y);
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h
index 18807916d3..b00a06239e 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/EfbInterface.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace EfbInterface
 	u8* GetPixelPointer(u16 x, u16 y, bool depth);
 
 	void CopyToXFB(yuv422_packed* xfb_in_ram, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight, const EFBRectangle& sourceRc, float Gamma);
+	void BypassXFB(u8* texture, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight, const EFBRectangle& sourceRc, float Gamma);
 
 	void DoState(PointerWrap &p);
 }
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.cpp
index 23ff15d883..426ab3194e 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.cpp
@@ -172,10 +172,18 @@ void DrawButton(GLuint tex, float *coords)
 }
 #endif
 
+u8* SWRenderer::getColorTexture() {
+	return s_xfbColorTexture[!s_currentColorTexture];
+}
+
+void SWRenderer::swapColorTexture() {
+	s_currentColorTexture = !s_currentColorTexture;
+}
+
 void SWRenderer::UpdateColorTexture(EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *xfb, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight)
 {
 	u32 offset = 0;
-	u8 *TexturePointer = s_xfbColorTexture[!s_currentColorTexture];
+	u8 *TexturePointer = getColorTexture();
 
 	for (u16 y = 0; y < fbHeight; y++)
 	{
@@ -201,7 +209,7 @@ void SWRenderer::UpdateColorTexture(EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *xfb, u32 fbWidt
 		}
 		xfb += fbWidth;
 	}
-	s_currentColorTexture = !s_currentColorTexture;
+	swapColorTexture();
 }
 
 // Called on the GPU thread
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.h
index 6b75dbd1b9..a2f737f2a8 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWRenderer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ namespace SWRenderer
 	void RenderText(const char* pstr, int left, int top, u32 color);
 	void DrawDebugText();
 
+	u8* getColorTexture();
+	void swapColorTexture();
 	void UpdateColorTexture(EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *xfb, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight);
 	void DrawTexture(u8 *texture, int width, int height);
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.cpp
index a6ebb97eb9..fbd8b95108 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SWVideoConfig::SWVideoConfig()
 	renderToMainframe = false;	
 
 	bHwRasterizer = false;
+	bBypassXFB = false;
 
 	bShowStats = false;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ void SWVideoConfig::Load(const char* ini_file)
 	iniFile.Get("Hardware", "RenderToMainframe", &renderToMainframe, false);
 
 	iniFile.Get("Rendering", "HwRasterizer", &bHwRasterizer, false);
+	iniFile.Get("Rendering", "BypassXFB", &bBypassXFB, false);
 	iniFile.Get("Rendering", "ZComploc", &bZComploc, true);
 	iniFile.Get("Rendering", "ZFreeze", &bZFreeze, true);
 
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ void SWVideoConfig::Save(const char* ini_file)
 	iniFile.Set("Hardware", "RenderToMainframe", renderToMainframe);
 
 	iniFile.Set("Rendering", "HwRasterizer", bHwRasterizer);
+	iniFile.Set("Rendering", "BypassXFB", bBypassXFB);
 	iniFile.Set("Rendering", "ZComploc", &bZComploc);
 	iniFile.Set("Rendering", "ZFreeze", &bZFreeze);
 
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.h b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.h
index 94e3a6b2a8..5e88da174e 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.h
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWVideoConfig.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct SWVideoConfig : NonCopyable
 	bool renderToMainframe;	
 
 	bool bHwRasterizer;
+	bool bBypassXFB;
 
 	// Emulation features
 	bool bZComploc;
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp
index 6773fd9e0e..a68489eaaf 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/SWmain.cpp
@@ -237,9 +237,11 @@ void VideoSoftware::Video_EndField()
 			}
 		}
 
-		EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *xfb = (EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *) Memory::GetPointer(xfbAddr);
+		if(!g_SWVideoConfig.bBypassXFB) {
+			EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *xfb = (EfbInterface::yuv422_packed *) Memory::GetPointer(xfbAddr);
 
-		SWRenderer::UpdateColorTexture(xfb, s_beginFieldArgs.fbWidth, s_beginFieldArgs.fbHeight);
+			SWRenderer::UpdateColorTexture(xfb, s_beginFieldArgs.fbWidth, s_beginFieldArgs.fbHeight);
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Idealy we would just move all the opengl contex stuff to the CPU thread, but this gets
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/VideoConfigDialog.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/VideoConfigDialog.cpp
index eea908edfc..18eaf08812 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/VideoConfigDialog.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_VideoSoftware/Src/VideoConfigDialog.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ VideoConfigDialog::VideoConfigDialog(wxWindow* parent, const std::string& title,
 
 	// rasterizer
 	szr_rendering->Add(new SettingCheckBox(page_general, wxT("Hardware rasterization"), wxT(""), vconfig.bHwRasterizer));
+
+	// xfb
+	szr_rendering->Add(new SettingCheckBox(page_general, wxT("Bypass XFB"), wxT(""), vconfig.bBypassXFB));
 	}
 
 	// - info