diff --git a/common/common_defs.h b/common/common_defs.h
index d56c5cf..6d8a3a7 100644
--- a/common/common_defs.h
+++ b/common/common_defs.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ typedef size_t machine_word_t;
 #ifndef COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSE2_TARGET_INTRINSICS
 #  define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSE2_TARGET_INTRINSICS 0
 #endif
+#ifndef COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSSE3_TARGET_INTRINSICS
+#  define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSSE3_TARGET_INTRINSICS 0
+#endif
 #ifndef COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PCLMUL_TARGET_INTRINSICS
 #  define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PCLMUL_TARGET_INTRINSICS 0
 #endif
diff --git a/common/compiler_gcc.h b/common/compiler_gcc.h
index 8259946..9b3e168 100644
--- a/common/compiler_gcc.h
+++ b/common/compiler_gcc.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 	 */
 #    if GCC_PREREQ(4, 9) || CLANG_PREREQ(3, 8, 7030000)
 #      define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSE2_TARGET_INTRINSICS	1
+#      define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSSE3_TARGET_INTRINSICS	1
 #      define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PCLMUL_TARGET_INTRINSICS	\
 		COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PCLMUL_TARGET
 #      define COMPILER_SUPPORTS_AVX2_TARGET_INTRINSICS	\
diff --git a/lib/x86/adler32_impl.h b/lib/x86/adler32_impl.h
index 4b88c01..95934e8 100644
--- a/lib/x86/adler32_impl.h
+++ b/lib/x86/adler32_impl.h
@@ -216,6 +216,69 @@ adler32_avx2_chunk(const __m256i *p, const __m256i *const end, u32 *s1, u32 *s2)
 #  include "../adler32_vec_template.h"
 #endif /* AVX2 implementation */
 
+/* SSSE3 implementation */
+#undef DISPATCH_SSSE3
+#if !defined(DEFAULT_IMPL) &&	\
+	(defined(__SSSE3__) || (X86_CPU_FEATURES_ENABLED &&	\
+				COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSSE3_TARGET_INTRINSICS))
+#  define FUNCNAME		adler32_ssse3
+#  define FUNCNAME_CHUNK	adler32_ssse3_chunk
+#  define IMPL_ALIGNMENT	16
+#  define IMPL_SEGMENT_SIZE	16
+#  define IMPL_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE	MAX_CHUNK_SIZE
+#  ifdef __SSSE3__
+#    define ATTRIBUTES
+#    define DEFAULT_IMPL	adler32_ssse3
+#  else
+#    define ATTRIBUTES		__attribute__((target("ssse3")))
+#    define DISPATCH		1
+#    define DISPATCH_SSSE3	1
+#  endif
+#  include <tmmintrin.h>
+static forceinline ATTRIBUTES void
+adler32_ssse3_chunk(const __m128i *p, const __m128i *const end, u32 *s1, u32 *s2)
+{
+	const __m128i zeroes = _mm_setzero_si128();
+	const __v16qu multipliers = (__v16qu){
+		16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10,  9,  8,  7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  1,
+	};
+	const __v8hu ones = (__v8hu)_mm_set1_epi16(1);
+	__v4su v_s1 = (__v4su)zeroes;
+	__v4su v_s1_sums = (__v4su)zeroes;
+	__v4su v_s2 = (__v4su)zeroes;
+
+	do {
+		/* Load the next 16-byte segment */
+		__m128i bytes = *p++;
+
+		/* Multiply the bytes by 16...1 (the number of times they need
+		 * to be added to s2) and add adjacent products */
+		__v8hi sums = (__v8hi)_mm_maddubs_epi16(
+						bytes, (__m128i)multipliers);
+
+		/* Keep sum of all previous s1 counters, for adding to s2 later.
+		 * This allows delaying the multiplication by 16 to the end. */
+		v_s1_sums += v_s1;
+
+		/* Add the sum of each group of 8 bytes to the corresponding s1
+		 * counter */
+		v_s1 += (__v4si)_mm_sad_epu8(bytes, zeroes);
+
+		/* Add the sum of each group of 4 products of the bytes by
+		 * 16...1 to the corresponding s2 counter */
+		v_s2 += (__v4si)_mm_madd_epi16((__m128i)sums, (__m128i)ones);
+	} while (p != end);
+
+	/* Finish the s2 counters by adding the sum of the s1 values at the
+	 * beginning of each segment, multiplied by the segment size (16) */
+	v_s2 += (__v4si)_mm_slli_epi32((__m128i)v_s1_sums, 4);
+
+	/* Add the counters to the real s1 and s2 */
+	ADLER32_FINISH_VEC_CHUNK_128(s1, s2, v_s1, v_s2);
+}
+#  include "../adler32_vec_template.h"
+#endif /* SSSE3 implementation */
+
 /* SSE2 implementation */
 #undef DISPATCH_SSE2
 #if !defined(DEFAULT_IMPL) &&	\
@@ -323,6 +386,10 @@ arch_select_adler32_func(void)
 	if (features & X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX2)
 		return adler32_avx2;
 #endif
+#ifdef DISPATCH_SSSE3
+	if (features & X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSSE3)
+		return adler32_ssse3;
+#endif
 #ifdef DISPATCH_SSE2
 	if (features & X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSE2)
 		return adler32_sse2;
diff --git a/lib/x86/cpu_features.c b/lib/x86/cpu_features.c
index e3471d4..c68edd9 100644
--- a/lib/x86/cpu_features.c
+++ b/lib/x86/cpu_features.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ read_xcr(u32 index)
 
 static const struct cpu_feature x86_cpu_feature_table[] = {
 	{X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSE2,		"sse2"},
+	{X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSSE3,		"ssse3"},
 	{X86_CPU_FEATURE_PCLMUL,	"pclmul"},
 	{X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX,		"avx"},
 	{X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX2,		"avx2"},
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@ void setup_cpu_features(void)
 	if (IS_SET(features_2, 1))
 		features |= X86_CPU_FEATURE_PCLMUL;
 
+	if (IS_SET(features_2, 9))
+		features |= X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSSE3;
+
 	if (IS_SET(features_2, 27)) { /* OSXSAVE set? */
 		u64 xcr0 = read_xcr(0);
 
diff --git a/lib/x86/cpu_features.h b/lib/x86/cpu_features.h
index 4c02353..4e89c91 100644
--- a/lib/x86/cpu_features.h
+++ b/lib/x86/cpu_features.h
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
 #if X86_CPU_FEATURES_ENABLED
 
 #define X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSE2		0x00000001
-#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_PCLMUL		0x00000002
-#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX		0x00000004
-#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX2		0x00000008
-#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_BMI2		0x00000010
-#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX512BW	0x00000020
+#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_SSSE3		0x00000002
+#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_PCLMUL		0x00000004
+#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX		0x00000008
+#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX2		0x00000010
+#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_BMI2		0x00000020
+#define X86_CPU_FEATURE_AVX512BW	0x00000040
 
 #define X86_CPU_FEATURES_KNOWN		0x80000000