diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c b/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
index 6f6287f43..02a0b3cd8 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/constfold.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ do_op_vector (int op, expr_t *e, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 {
 	const float *v1, *v2;
 	vec3_t      v, float_vec;
-	static int  valid[] = {'+', '-', '*', SCALE, EQ, NE, 0};
+	static int  valid[] = {'+', '-', '*', HADAMARD, SCALE, EQ, NE, 0};
 	expr_t     *t;
 
 	if (!is_vector(get_type (e1))) {
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c
index a3a825eb3..8b5019898 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/dot_expr.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ get_op_string (int op)
 		case 'C':	return "<cast>";
 		case CROSS:	return "@cross";
 		case DOT:	return "@dot";
+		case HADAMARD:	return "@hadamard";
 		case SCALE:	return "@scale";
 		default:
 			return "unknown";
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr_binary.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr_binary.c
index 9f96ef741..cffb1c580 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr_binary.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr_binary.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static expr_type_t vector_vector[] = {
 	{'-',	&type_vector},
 	{DOT,	&type_vector},
 	{CROSS,	&type_vector},
+	{HADAMARD,	&type_vector},
 	{'*',	0, 0, 0, vector_multiply},
 	{EQ,	0, 0, 0, vector_compare},
 	{NE,	0, 0, 0, vector_compare},
@@ -1100,11 +1101,13 @@ binary_expr (int op, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 				t2 = pt2;
 			}
 		}
+		int         scalar_op = 0;
 		if (type_width (t1) == 1) {
 			// scalar op vec
 			if (!(e = convert_scalar (e1, op, e2))) {
 				return invalid_binary_expr (op, e1, e2);
 			}
+			scalar_op = 1;
 			e1 = e;
 			t1 = get_type (e1);
 		}
@@ -1113,9 +1116,13 @@ binary_expr (int op, expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 			if (!(e = convert_scalar (e2, op, e1))) {
 				return invalid_binary_expr (op, e1, e2);
 			}
+			scalar_op = 1;
 			e2 = e;
 			t2 = get_type (e2);
 		}
+		if (scalar_op && op == '*') {
+			op = HADAMARD;
+		}
 		if (type_width (t1) != type_width (t2)) {
 			// vec op vec of different widths
 			return invalid_binary_expr (op, e1, e2);
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/options.c b/tools/qfcc/source/options.c
index c9cec0127..86586c375 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/options.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/options.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ DecodeArgs (int argc, char **argv)
 		if (options.code.vector_components == (qboolean) -1)
 			options.code.vector_components = false;
 		if (options.math.vector_mult == 0)
-			options.math.vector_mult = options.advanced == 1 ? DOT : '*';
+			options.math.vector_mult = options.advanced == 1 ? DOT : HADAMARD;
 	} else {
 		options.code.promote_float = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
index dd8c9ff84..5e50ef5d5 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ static keyword_t qf_keywords[] = {
 
 	{"@cross",		CROSS,	0	},
 	{"@dot",		DOT,	0	},
+	{"@hadamard",	HADAMARD,	0	},
 };
 
 // These keywors are always available. Other than the @ keywords, they
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
index 1bab1798b..e23f231f8 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-parse.y
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int yylex (void);
 %left			SHL SHR
 %left			'+' '-'
 %left			'*' '/' '%' MOD SCALE
-%left           CROSS DOT
+%left           CROSS DOT HADAMARD
 %right	<op>	SIZEOF UNARY INCOP
 %left			HYPERUNARY
 %left			'.' '(' '['
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ expr
 	| expr MOD expr				{ $$ = binary_expr (MOD, $1, $3); }
 	| expr CROSS expr			{ $$ = binary_expr (CROSS, $1, $3); }
 	| expr DOT expr				{ $$ = binary_expr (DOT, $1, $3); }
+	| expr HADAMARD expr		{ $$ = binary_expr (HADAMARD, $1, $3); }
 	;
 
 texpr
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c b/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c
index 7f5134318..3da2e12a5 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/statements.c
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ convert_op (int op)
 		case '.':	return "load";
 		case CROSS:	return "cross";
 		case DOT:	return "dot";
+		case HADAMARD:	return "mul";
 		case SCALE:	return "scale";
 		default:
 			return 0;