diff --git a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.cpp b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.cpp
index a4467266e..1f7b2d560 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.cpp
+++ b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace swrenderer
 	int fuzzpos;
 	int fuzzviewheight;
 
-	uint32_t particle_texture[PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
+	uint32_t particle_texture[NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES][PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
 
 	short zeroarray[MAXWIDTH];
 	short screenheightarray[MAXWIDTH];
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ namespace swrenderer
 
 	void R_InitParticleTexture()
 	{
+		static_assert(NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES == 3, "R_InitParticleTexture must be updated if NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES is changed");
+
 		double center = PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * 0.5f;
 		for (int y = 0; y < PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE; y++)
 		{
@@ -147,9 +149,12 @@ namespace swrenderer
 				double dx = (center - x - 0.5f) / center;
 				double dy = (center - y - 0.5f) / center;
 				double dist2 = dx * dx + dy * dy;
-				double alpha = clamp<double>(1.1f - dist2 * 1.1f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+				double round_alpha = clamp<double>(1.7f - dist2 * 1.7f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+				double smooth_alpha = clamp<double>(1.1f - dist2 * 1.1f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 
-				particle_texture[x + y * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE] = (int)(alpha * 128.0f + 0.5f);
+				particle_texture[0][x + y * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE] = 128;
+				particle_texture[1][x + y * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE] = (int)(round_alpha * 128.0f + 0.5f);
+				particle_texture[2][x + y * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE] = (int)(smooth_alpha * 128.0f + 0.5f);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.h b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.h
index 5c37873c8..e9b893aba 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.h
+++ b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw.h
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ namespace swrenderer
 	extern int fuzzpos;
 	extern int fuzzviewheight;
 
+	#define NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES 3
 	#define PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE 64
-	extern uint32_t particle_texture[PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
+	extern uint32_t particle_texture[NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES][PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
 
 	class SWPixelFormatDrawers
 	{
diff --git a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_pal.cpp b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_pal.cpp
index 522eb51b1..3f75a30ac 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_pal.cpp
+++ b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_pal.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 // [SP] r_blendmethod - false = rgb555 matching (ZDoom classic), true = rgb666 (refactored)
 CVAR(Bool, r_blendmethod, false, CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG | CVAR_ARCHIVE)
+EXTERN_CVAR(Int, gl_particles_style)
 
 /*
 	[RH] This translucency algorithm is based on DOSDoom 0.65's, but uses
@@ -2946,7 +2947,8 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		uint8_t *dest = thread->dest_for_thread(_dest_y, pitch, _dest);
 		pitch = pitch * thread->num_cores;
 
-		const uint32_t *source = &particle_texture[(_fracposx >> FRACBITS) * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
+		int particle_texture_index = MIN<int>(gl_particles_style, NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES - 1);
+		const uint32_t *source = &particle_texture[particle_texture_index][(_fracposx >> FRACBITS) * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
 		uint32_t particle_alpha = _alpha;
 
 		uint32_t fracstep = PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * FRACUNIT / _count;
diff --git a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_rgba.cpp b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_rgba.cpp
index 453071eae..3dbd38f46 100644
--- a/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_rgba.cpp
+++ b/src/swrenderer/drawers/r_draw_rgba.cpp
@@ -780,7 +780,8 @@ namespace swrenderer
 		uint32_t *dest = thread->dest_for_thread(_dest_y, _pitch, _dest);
 		int pitch = _pitch * thread->num_cores;
 
-		const uint32_t *source = &particle_texture[(_fracposx >> FRACBITS) * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
+		int particle_texture_index = MIN<int>(gl_particles_style, NUM_PARTICLE_TEXTURES - 1);
+		const uint32_t *source = &particle_texture[particle_texture_index][(_fracposx >> FRACBITS) * PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE];
 		uint32_t particle_alpha = _alpha;
 
 		uint32_t fracstep = PARTICLE_TEXTURE_SIZE * FRACUNIT / _count;