diff --git a/modules/d/actions/vcxproj.lua b/modules/d/actions/vcxproj.lua
index 8e22a8e3..019d1ef1 100644
--- a/modules/d/actions/vcxproj.lua
+++ b/modules/d/actions/vcxproj.lua
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@
 					SSE3 = "sse3",
 					SSSE3 = "ssse3",
 					["SSE4.1"] = "sse4.1",
+					["SSE4.2"] = "sse4.2",
 				}
 				if vextMap[cfg.vectorextensions] ~= nil then
 					table.insert(opts, "-mattr=+" .. vextMap[cfg.vectorextensions])
diff --git a/modules/d/tools/ldc.lua b/modules/d/tools/ldc.lua
index 0900cf4f..bf0a3b8b 100644
--- a/modules/d/tools/ldc.lua
+++ b/modules/d/tools/ldc.lua
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 			SSE3 = "-mattr=+sse3",
 			SSSE3 = "-mattr=+ssse3",
 			["SSE4.1"] = "-mattr=+sse4.1",
+			["SSE4.2"] = "-mattr=+sse4.2",
 		},
 		warnings = {
 			Default = "-wi",
diff --git a/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua b/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
index d0605bb2..e2770fb5 100644
--- a/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
+++ b/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@
 		elseif x == "AVX2" and _ACTION > "vs2012" then
 			v = "AdvancedVectorExtensions2"
 		elseif cfg.architecture ~= "x86_64" then
-			if x == "SSE2" or x == "SSE3" or x == "SSSE3" or x == "SSE4.1" then
+			if x == "SSE2" or x == "SSE3" or x == "SSSE3" or x == "SSE4.1" or x == "SSE4.2" then
 				v = "StreamingSIMDExtensions2"
 			elseif x == "SSE" then
 				v = "StreamingSIMDExtensions"
diff --git a/src/_premake_init.lua b/src/_premake_init.lua
index 7aba4046..7ed81dd9 100644
--- a/src/_premake_init.lua
+++ b/src/_premake_init.lua
@@ -1316,6 +1316,7 @@
 			"SSE3",
 			"SSSE3",
 			"SSE4.1",
+			"SSE4.2",
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/tools/gcc.lua b/src/tools/gcc.lua
index d6bcd71f..fef1c142 100644
--- a/src/tools/gcc.lua
+++ b/src/tools/gcc.lua
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 			SSE3 = "-msse3",
 			SSSE3 = "-mssse3",
 			["SSE4.1"] = "-msse4.1",
+			["SSE4.2"] = "-msse4.2",
 		},
 		isaextensions = {
 			MOVBE = "-mmovbe",
diff --git a/src/tools/msc.lua b/src/tools/msc.lua
index 2ddefec5..a5a67753 100644
--- a/src/tools/msc.lua
+++ b/src/tools/msc.lua
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 			SSE3 = "/arch:SSE2",
 			SSSE3 = "/arch:SSE2",
 			["SSE4.1"] = "/arch:SSE2",
+			["SSE4.2"] = "/arch:SSE2",
 		},
 		warnings = {
 			Off = "/W0",
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_gcc.lua b/tests/tools/test_gcc.lua
index faf2e9a9..ade14436 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_gcc.lua
+++ b/tests/tools/test_gcc.lua
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@
 		test.contains({ "-msse2" }, gcc.getcflags(cfg))
 	end
 
+	function suite.cflags_onSSE4_2()
+		vectorextensions "SSE4.2"
+		prepare()
+		test.contains({ "-msse4.2" }, gcc.getcflags(cfg))
+	end
+
 	function suite.cflags_onAVX()
 		vectorextensions "AVX"
 		prepare()
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_msc.lua b/tests/tools/test_msc.lua
index 65a2f9d5..32992264 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_msc.lua
+++ b/tests/tools/test_msc.lua
@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@
 		test.contains("/arch:SSE2", msc.getcflags(cfg))
 	end
 
+	function suite.cflags_onSSE4_2()
+		vectorextensions "SSE4.2"
+		prepare()
+		test.contains("/arch:SSE2", msc.getcflags(cfg))
+	end
+
+
 	function suite.cflags_onAVX()
 		vectorextensions "AVX"
 		prepare()
diff --git a/website/docs/vectorextensions.md b/website/docs/vectorextensions.md
index 66f5e291..5f68c2fe 100644
--- a/website/docs/vectorextensions.md
+++ b/website/docs/vectorextensions.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ If no value is set for a configuration, the toolset's default vector extension s
 | SSE3        | Use the SSE3 instruction set.                          |
 | SSSE3       | Use the SSSE3 instruction set.                         |
 | SSE4.1      | Use the SSE4.1 instruction set.                        |
+| SSE4.2      | Use the SSE4.2 instruction set.                        |
 | NEON        | Use the NEON instruction set (Android only)            |
 | MXU         | Use the XBurst SIMD instructions (Android only)        |