diff --git a/include/cglm-mat-simd.h b/include/cglm-mat-simd.h
index d50f68d..1b355ff 100644
--- a/include/cglm-mat-simd.h
+++ b/include/cglm-mat-simd.h
@@ -58,6 +58,42 @@
      _mm_store_ps(M[3], _mm_mul_ps(_mm_load_ps(M[3]), xmm0));                 \
    } while (0)
 
+CGLM_INLINE
+float
+glm_mat4_det_sse2(mat4 mat) {
+  __m128 v0, dt, t0, t1, t2, t3, t4, r0, r1, r2, r3;
+
+  r0 = _mm_load_ps(mat[0]);
+  r1 = _mm_load_ps(mat[1]);
+  r2 = _mm_load_ps(mat[2]);
+  r3 = _mm_load_ps(mat[3]);
+
+  t3 = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r2, 2, 1, 1, 0),
+                             _mm_shuffle1_ps(r3, 3, 3, 2, 3)),
+                  _mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r3, 2, 1, 1, 0),
+                             _mm_shuffle1_ps(r2, 3, 3, 2, 3)));
+
+  t4 = _mm_sub_ps(_mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r2, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+                             _mm_shuffle1_ps(r3, 2, 1, 2, 1)),
+                  _mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r3, 0, 0, 0, 0),
+                             _mm_shuffle1_ps(r2, 2, 1, 2, 1)));
+
+  t0 = _mm_shuffle1_ps(t3, 3, 3, 2, 1);
+  t1 = _mm_shuffle2_ps(t3, t4, 1, 1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 3);
+  t2 = _mm_shuffle2_ps(t3, t4, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 2, 3, 3);
+
+  v0 = _mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r1, 1, 0, 0, 0), t0);
+  v0 = _mm_sub_ps(v0, _mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r1, 2, 2, 1, 1), t1));
+  v0 = _mm_add_ps(v0, _mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r1, 3, 3, 3, 2), t2));
+  v0 = _mm_xor_ps(v0, _mm_set_ps(0.f, -0.f, 0.f, -0.f));
+
+  dt = _mm_mul_ps(_mm_shuffle1_ps(r0, 0, 1, 2, 3), v0);
+  dt = _mm_add_ps(dt, _mm_shuffle1_ps(dt, 0, 1, 2, 3));
+  dt = _mm_add_ps(dt, _mm_shuffle1_ps(dt, 1, 3, 3, 1));
+
+  return _mm_cvtss_f32(dt);
+}
+
 CGLM_INLINE
 void
 glm_mat4_inv_see2(mat4 mat, mat4 dest) {
diff --git a/include/cglm-mat.h b/include/cglm-mat.h
index 7ffd691..d8b4db4 100644
--- a/include/cglm-mat.h
+++ b/include/cglm-mat.h
@@ -146,33 +146,32 @@ glm_mat4_scale(mat4 m, float s) {
 CGLM_INLINE
 float
 glm_mat4_det(mat4 mat) {
+#if defined( __SSE__ ) || defined( __SSE2__ )
+  return glm_mat4_det_sse2(mat);
+#else
+  float t[6];
   float a, b, c, d,
         e, f, g, h,
         i, j, k, l,
-        m, n, o, p
-  ;
-
-  float kp_ol, jp_nl, jo_nk,
-        jp_ml, io_mk, in_mj;
+        m, n, o, p;
 
   a = mat[0][0], b = mat[1][0], c = mat[2][0], d = mat[3][0],
   e = mat[0][1], f = mat[1][1], g = mat[2][1], h = mat[3][1],
   i = mat[0][2], j = mat[1][2], k = mat[2][2], l = mat[3][2],
-  m = mat[0][3], n = mat[1][3], o = mat[2][3], p = mat[3][3]
-  ;
+  m = mat[0][3], n = mat[1][3], o = mat[2][3], p = mat[3][3];
 
-  kp_ol = k * p - o * l;
-  jp_nl = j * p - n * l;
-  jo_nk = j * o - n * k;
-  jp_ml = i * p - m * l;
-  io_mk = i * o - m * k;
-  in_mj = i * n - m * j;
+  t[0] = k * p - o * l;
+  t[1] = j * p - n * l;
+  t[2] = j * o - n * k;
+  t[3] = i * p - m * l;
+  t[4] = i * o - m * k;
+  t[5] = i * n - m * j;
 
-  return   a * (f * kp_ol - g * jp_nl + h * jo_nk)
-         - b * (e * kp_ol - g * jp_ml + h * io_mk)
-         + c * (e * jp_nl - f * jp_ml + h * in_mj)
-         - d * (e * jo_nk - f * io_mk + g * in_mj)
-  ;
+  return   a * (f * t[0] - g * t[1] + h * t[2])
+         - b * (e * t[0] - g * t[3] + h * t[4])
+         + c * (e * t[1] - f * t[3] + h * t[5])
+         - d * (e * t[2] - f * t[4] + g * t[5]);
+#endif
 }
 
 CGLM_INLINE