diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/glsl/Makefile.am b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/Makefile.am
index 1fbcbe691..67342f345 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/glsl/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/Makefile.am
@@ -2,16 +2,26 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS= foreign
 
 AM_CFLAGS= @PREFER_PIC@
 INCLUDES= -I$(top_srcdir)/include $(GLX_CFLAGS)
+shader_src= quaketxt.frag quaketxt.vert
+shader_gen= quaketxt.fc quaketxt.vc
 
 if BUILD_GL
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES=	libglsl.la
+BUILT_SOURCES= $(shader_gen)
 else
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES=
+BUILT_SOURCES=
 endif
 
+SUFFICES=.frag .vert .fc .vc
+.frag.fc:
+	sed -e 's/^/"/' -e 's/$$/\\n"/' $< > $@
+.vert.vc:
+	sed -e 's/^/"/' -e 's/$$/\\n"/' $< > $@
+
 glsl_src = \
 	glsl_draw.c glsl_main.c
 
 libglsl_la_SOURCES= $(glsl_src)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = $(glsl_src)
+EXTRA_DIST = $(glsl_src) $(shader_src)
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/glsl/glsl_draw.c b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/glsl_draw.c
index bef15d8ef..7f7e6469a 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/glsl/glsl_draw.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/glsl_draw.c
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ static __attribute__ ((used)) const char rcsid[] = "$Id$";
 
 #include "QF/draw.h"
 
+static const char quaketext_vert[] =
+#include "quaketxt.vc"
+;
+
+static const char quaketext_frag[] =
+#include "quaketxt.fc"
+;
+
 VISIBLE byte *draw_chars;
 
 VISIBLE qpic_t *
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/glsl/quaketxt.frag b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/quaketxt.frag
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00dd1c5e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/quaketxt.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+precision mediump float;
+uniform sampler2D   charmap;
+uniform sampler2D   palette;
+varying sv;
+
+void
+main (void)
+{
+	int         pix;
+
+	pix = texture2D (charmap, sv, 0);
+	gl_FragColor = texture2D (palette, vec2 (pix, 0.5), 0);
+}
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/glsl/quaketxt.vert b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/quaketxt.vert
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc46a632a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/glsl/quaketxt.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/** Vertex position.
+
+	x, y, cx, cy
+
+	\a vertex provides the onscreen location at which to draw the character
+	(\a x, \a y) and which corner of the character cell this vertex
+	represents (\a cx, \a cy). \a cx and \a cy must be either 0 or 1, or
+	wierd things will happen with the character cell.
+*/
+attribute vec4 vertex;
+
+/** The character to draw.
+
+	The quake character map supports only 256 characters, 0-255. Any other
+	value will give interesting results.
+*/
+attribute int char;
+
+/** Coordinate in character map texture.
+*/
+varying vec2 st;
+
+void
+main (void)
+{
+	int         row, col;
+	vec2        pos, corner, uv;
+	const vec2  inset = (0.25, 0.25);
+	const vec2  size = (0.0625, 0.0625);
+
+	row = floor (char / 16);
+	col = mod (char, 16);
+
+	pos = vertex.xy;
+	corner = vertex.zw;
+	uv = vec2 (row, col) + inset * (1 - 2 * corner) + 8 * corner;
+	uv *= size;
+	gl_Position = mvp_mat * vec4 (pos + corner * 8, 0, 1);
+	st = uv + corner
+}