diff --git a/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake b/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
index e819139f04..c1135c4501 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ if(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "i386")
     if(NOT DEFINED ARCH_FLAG)
         if (DISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD)
             if (USE_ICC)
-                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse2")
+                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse2 -msse4.1")
             else()
-                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse -msse2 -mfxsr -march=i686")
+                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse -msse2 -msse4.1 -mfxsr -march=i686")
             endif()
         else()
             # AVX requires some fix of the ABI (mangling) (default 2)
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ elseif(${PCSX2_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES} MATCHES "x86_64")
     if(NOT DEFINED ARCH_FLAG)
         if (DISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD)
             if (USE_ICC)
-                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse2")
+                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse2 -msse4.1")
             else()
-                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse -msse2 -mfxsr")
+                set(ARCH_FLAG "-msse -msse2 -msse4.1 -mfxsr")
             endif()
         else()
             #set(ARCH_FLAG "-march=native -fabi-version=6")