diff --git a/client/main.c b/client/main.c
index 11f643e4..976787eb 100644
--- a/client/main.c
+++ b/client/main.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 #include <GL/gl.h>
 
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "memcpySSE.h"
 #include "KVMGFXHeader.h"
 #include "ivshmem/ivshmem.h"
 #include "spice/spice.h"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ struct KVMGFXState state;
 
 void compFunc_NONE(uint8_t * dst, const uint8_t * src, const size_t len)
 {
-  memcpy(dst, src, len);
+  memcpySSE(dst, src, len);
 }
 
 void compFunc_BLACK_RLE(uint8_t * dst, const uint8_t * src, const size_t len)
diff --git a/common/memcpySSE.h b/common/memcpySSE.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5060e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/memcpySSE.h
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+KVMGFX Client - A KVM Client for VGA Passthrough
+Copyright (C) 2017 Geoffrey McRae <geoff@hostfission.com>
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple
+Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <tmmintrin.h>
+#include <immintrin.h>
+
+#include "debug.h"
+
+static inline void memcpySSE(void * dst, const void * src, size_t length)
+{
+  // check if we can't perform an aligned copy
+  if (((uintptr_t)src & 0xF) != ((uintptr_t)dst & 0xF))
+  {
+
+    static bool unalignedDstWarn = false;
+    if (!unalignedDstWarn)
+    {
+      DEBUG_WARN("Memcpy64 unable to perform aligned copy, performance will suffer");
+      unalignedDstWarn = true;
+    }
+
+    // fallback to system memcpy
+    memcpy(dst, src, length);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // check if the source needs alignment
+  {
+    uint8_t * _src = (uint8_t *)src;
+    unsigned int count = (16 - ((uintptr_t)src & 0xF)) & 0xF;
+
+    static bool unalignedSrcWarn = false;
+    if (count > 0)
+    {
+      if (!unalignedSrcWarn)
+      {
+        DEBUG_WARN("Memcpy64 unaligned source, performance will suffer");
+        unalignedSrcWarn = true;
+      }
+
+      uint8_t * _dst = (uint8_t *)dst;
+      for (unsigned int i = count; i > 0; --i)
+        *_dst++ = *_src++;
+      src = _src;
+      dst = _dst;
+      length -= count;
+    }
+  }
+
+  __m128i * _src = (__m128i *)src;
+  __m128i * _dst = (__m128i *)dst;
+  __m128i * _end = (__m128i *)src + (length / 16);
+  for (; _src != _end; _src += 8, _dst += 8)
+  {
+    _mm_prefetch(((char *)_src + 8 ), _MM_HINT_NTA);
+    _mm_prefetch(((char *)_src + 9 ), _MM_HINT_NTA);
+    _mm_prefetch(((char *)_src + 10), _MM_HINT_NTA);
+    _mm_prefetch(((char *)_src + 11), _MM_HINT_NTA);
+
+    __m128i v0 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 0);
+    __m128i v1 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 1);
+    __m128i v2 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 2);
+    __m128i v3 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 3);
+    __m128i v4 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 4);
+    __m128i v5 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 5);
+    __m128i v6 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 6);
+    __m128i v7 = _mm_load_si128(_src + 7);
+
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 0, v0);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 1, v1);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 2, v2);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 3, v3);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 4, v4);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 5, v5);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 6, v6);
+    _mm_stream_si128(_dst + 7, v7);
+  }
+}
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