diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/pl_quake_def.plist b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/pl_quake_def.plist
index 62a6be268..c747fe651 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/pl_quake_def.plist
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/pl_quake_def.plist
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 					binding = 0;
 					descriptorType = combined_image_sampler;
 					descriptorCount = 1;
-					stageFlags = fragment;
+					stageFlags = fragment|vertex;
 				},
 			);
 		};
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
 			setLayouts = (particle_set, particle_set, particle_set);
 		};
 		partdraw_layout = {
-			setLayouts = (matrix_set);
+			setLayouts = (matrix_set, texture_set);
 			pushConstantRanges = (
 				{
 					stageFlags = vertex;
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.frag b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.frag
index 573a00a88..5a5f5a887 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.frag
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.frag
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ layout (location = 0) out vec4 frag_color;
 void
 main (void)
 {
-	vec4        c = vec4 (1,1,1,1);//color;
+	vec4        c = color;
 	vec2        x = uv_tr.xy;
 
 	float       a = 1 - dot (x, x);
 	if (a <= 0) {
 		discard;
 	}
-	c.a *= sqrt (a);
+	c *= (a);
 	frag_color = c;
 }
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.vert b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.vert
index 2d38b9ffd..40a35c2c3 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.vert
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/shader/particle.vert
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 layout (set = 0, binding = 0) uniform
 #include "matrices.h"
 ;
+layout (set = 1, binding = 0) uniform sampler2D Palette;
 
 layout (push_constant) uniform PushConstants {
 	mat4 Model;
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ main (void)
 	// geometry shader will take care of Projection
 	gl_Position = View * (Model * position);
 	o_velocity = View * (Model * velocity);
-	o_color = color;
+	uint        c = floatBitsToInt (color.x);
+	uint        x = c & 0x0f;
+	uint        y = (c >> 4) & 0x0f;
+	o_color = texture (Palette, vec2 (x, y) / 15.0);
 	o_ramp = ramp;
 }
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_particles.c b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_particles.c
index 64079b5f7..714f4c492 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_particles.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/vulkan_particles.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include "QF/Vulkan/resource.h"
 #include "QF/Vulkan/staging.h"
 #include "QF/Vulkan/qf_matrices.h"
+#include "QF/Vulkan/qf_palette.h"
 #include "QF/Vulkan/qf_particles.h"
 #include "QF/Vulkan/qf_renderpass.h"
 
@@ -98,9 +99,10 @@ particle_begin_subpass (VkPipeline pipeline, qfv_renderframe_t *rFrame)
 	dfunc->vkCmdBindPipeline (cmd, VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS, pipeline);
 	VkDescriptorSet sets[] = {
 		Vulkan_Matrix_Descriptors (ctx, ctx->curFrame),
+		Vulkan_Palette_Descriptor (ctx),
 	};
 	dfunc->vkCmdBindDescriptorSets (cmd, VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS,
-									pctx->draw_layout, 0, 1, sets, 0, 0);
+									pctx->draw_layout, 0, 2, sets, 0, 0);
 	dfunc->vkCmdSetViewport (cmd, 0, 1, &rFrame->renderpass->viewport);
 	dfunc->vkCmdSetScissor (cmd, 0, 1, &rFrame->renderpass->scissor);
 }