diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererSW.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererSW.cpp
index 5635624a21..de9e28fb58 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererSW.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/GSRendererSW.cpp
@@ -766,6 +766,11 @@ void GSRendererSW::VertexKick(bool skip)
 
 	dst.c = GSVector4::rgba32(m_v.RGBAQ.u32[0], 7);
 
+	if(prim == GS_SPRITE)
+	{
+		dst.t.u32[3] = m_v.XYZ.Z;
+	}
+
 	int count = 0;
 
 	if(GSVertexSW* v = DrawingKick<prim>(skip, count))
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.avx.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.avx.cpp
index 8620124946..5e2d664bcd 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.avx.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.avx.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ void GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator::Depth()
 
 		if(m_en.z)
 		{
+			// uint32 z is bypassed in t.w
+
+			vmovdqa(xmm0, ptr[ecx + offsetof(GSVertexSW, t)]);
+			vpshufd(xmm0, xmm0, _MM_SHUFFLE(3, 3, 3, 3));
+
+/*			
 			// GSVector4 z = p.zzzz();
 
 			vshufps(xmm0, xmm0, _MM_SHUFFLE(2, 2, 2, 2));
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ void GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator::Depth()
 
 				vcvttps2dq(xmm0, xmm0);
 			}
+*/			
 
 			vmovdqa(ptr[&m_local.p.z], xmm0);
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.cpp
index 67be7a7b36..5066928b20 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator.x86.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ void GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator::Depth()
 
 		if(m_en.z)
 		{
+			// uint32 z is bypassed in t.w
+
+			movdqa(xmm0, ptr[ecx + offsetof(GSVertexSW, t)]);
+			pshufd(xmm0, xmm0, _MM_SHUFFLE(3, 3, 3, 3));
+			
+			/*
 			// GSVector4 z = p.zzzz();
 
 			shufps(xmm0, xmm0, _MM_SHUFFLE(2, 2, 2, 2));
@@ -154,6 +160,7 @@ void GSSetupPrimCodeGenerator::Depth()
 
 				cvttps2dq(xmm0, xmm0);
 			}
+			*/
 
 			movdqa(ptr[&m_local.p.z], xmm0);
 		}