diff --git a/src/swrenderer/scene/r_translucent_pass.cpp b/src/swrenderer/scene/r_translucent_pass.cpp
index 905974571..b395e0b6d 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/scene/r_translucent_pass.cpp
+++ b/src/swrenderer/scene/r_translucent_pass.cpp
@@ -134,13 +134,42 @@ namespace swrenderer
 	void RenderTranslucentPass::DrawMaskedSingle(bool renew)
 	{
 		RenderPortal *renderportal = Thread->Portal.get();
+		DrawSegmentList *drawseglist = Thread->DrawSegments.get();
+
+		int numGroups = drawseglist->SegmentGroups.Size();
+		for (int j = 0; j < numGroups; j++)
+			drawseglist->SegmentGroups[j].GroupDrawn = false;
 
 		auto &sortedSprites = Thread->SpriteList->SortedSprites;
 		for (int i = sortedSprites.Size(); i > 0; i--)
 		{
-			if (sortedSprites[i - 1]->IsCurrentPortalUniq(renderportal->CurrentPortalUniq))
+			VisibleSprite *sprite = sortedSprites[i - 1];
+
+			// Draw the draw segments known to be behind us now.
+			for (int j = numGroups; j > 0; j--)
 			{
-				sortedSprites[i - 1]->Render(Thread);
+				auto &group = drawseglist->SegmentGroups[j - 1];
+				if (!group.GroupDrawn && group.neardepth > sprite->DrawSegDepth())
+				{
+					for (unsigned int index = group.BeginIndex; index != group.EndIndex; index++)
+					{
+						DrawSegment *ds = drawseglist->Segment(index);
+
+						if (ds->CurrentPortalUniq != renderportal->CurrentPortalUniq) continue;
+						if (ds->fake) continue;
+						if (ds->maskedtexturecol != nullptr || ds->bFogBoundary)
+						{
+							RenderDrawSegment renderer(Thread);
+							renderer.Render(ds, ds->x1, ds->x2);
+						}
+					}
+					group.GroupDrawn = true;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (sprite->IsCurrentPortalUniq(renderportal->CurrentPortalUniq))
+			{
+				sprite->Render(Thread);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -151,7 +180,6 @@ namespace swrenderer
 			Thread->Clip3D->fake3D |= FAKE3D_REFRESHCLIP;
 		}
 
-		DrawSegmentList *drawseglist = Thread->DrawSegments.get();
 		for (unsigned int index = 0; index != drawseglist->SegmentsCount(); index++)
 		{
 			DrawSegment *ds = drawseglist->Segment(index);
diff --git a/src/swrenderer/segments/r_drawsegment.h b/src/swrenderer/segments/r_drawsegment.h
index 5480ac4f2..2c6fcdaa7 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/segments/r_drawsegment.h
+++ b/src/swrenderer/segments/r_drawsegment.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		short *sprbottomclip;
 		unsigned int BeginIndex;
 		unsigned int EndIndex;
+		bool GroupDrawn;
 	};
 
 	class DrawSegmentList
diff --git a/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.cpp b/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.cpp
index 26a5d76be..f7ae8547b 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.cpp
+++ b/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		for (unsigned int groupIndex = 0; groupIndex < segmentlist->SegmentGroups.Size(); groupIndex++)
 		{
 			auto &group = segmentlist->SegmentGroups[groupIndex];
-			if (group.x1 >= x2 || group.x2 <= x1)
+			if (group.x1 >= x2 || group.x2 <= x1 || group.neardepth > spr->depth)
 				continue;
 
 			if (group.fardepth < spr->depth) 
@@ -335,11 +335,6 @@ namespace swrenderer
 				{
 					DrawSegment *ds = segmentlist->Segment(index);
 
-					// [ZZ] portal handling here
-					//if (ds->CurrentPortalUniq != spr->CurrentPortalUniq)
-					//	continue;
-					// [ZZ] WARNING: uncommenting the two above lines, totally breaks sprite clipping
-
 					// kg3D - no clipping on fake segs
 					if (ds->fake) continue;
 					// determine if the drawseg obscures the sprite
@@ -380,8 +375,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 						RenderPortal *renderportal = thread->Portal.get();
 
 						// seg is behind sprite, so draw the mid texture if it has one
-						if (ds->CurrentPortalUniq == renderportal->CurrentPortalUniq && // [ZZ] instead, portal uniq check is made here
-							(ds->maskedtexturecol != nullptr || ds->bFogBoundary))
+						if (ds->CurrentPortalUniq == renderportal->CurrentPortalUniq && (ds->maskedtexturecol != nullptr || ds->bFogBoundary))
 						{
 							RenderDrawSegment renderer(thread);
 							renderer.Render(ds, r1, r2);
diff --git a/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.h b/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.h
index f9490472c..f31d08b58 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.h
+++ b/src/swrenderer/things/r_visiblesprite.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		double SortDist2D() const { return DVector2(deltax, deltay).LengthSquared(); }
 		float SortDist() const { return idepth; }
 
+		float DrawSegDepth() const { return depth; }
+
 	protected:
 		virtual bool IsParticle() const { return false; }
 		virtual bool IsVoxel() const { return false; }