diff --git a/source/core/rendering/scene/hw_sprites.cpp b/source/core/rendering/scene/hw_sprites.cpp
index 3082bc274..26d936d34 100644
--- a/source/core/rendering/scene/hw_sprites.cpp
+++ b/source/core/rendering/scene/hw_sprites.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void HWSprite::DrawSprite(HWDrawInfo* di, FRenderState& state, bool translucent)
 		state.SetRenderStyle(RenderStyle);
 		state.SetTextureMode(RenderStyle);
 
-		if (texture && !checkTranslucentReplacement(texture->GetID(), palette)) state.AlphaFunc(Alpha_GEqual, texture->alphaThreshold);
+		if (texture && (hw_int_useindexedcolortextures || !checkTranslucentReplacement(texture->GetID(), palette))) state.AlphaFunc(Alpha_GEqual, texture->alphaThreshold);
 		else state.AlphaFunc(Alpha_Greater, 0.f);
 
 		if (RenderStyle.BlendOp == STYLEOP_Add && RenderStyle.DestAlpha == STYLEALPHA_One)