diff --git a/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c b/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c
index 6ad79c8eb..b6ffa562d 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_blit_N.c
@@ -950,6 +950,21 @@ Blit_BGR888_RGB888ARMSIMD(SDL_BlitInfo * info)
 
 	Blit_BGR888_RGB888ARMSIMDAsm(width, height, dstp, dststride, srcp, srcstride);
 }
+
+void Blit_RGB444_RGB888ARMSIMDAsm(int32_t w, int32_t h, uint32_t *dst, int32_t dst_stride, uint16_t *src, int32_t src_stride);
+
+static void
+Blit_RGB444_RGB888ARMSIMD(SDL_BlitInfo * info)
+{
+	int32_t width = info->dst_w;
+	int32_t height = info->dst_h;
+	uint32_t *dstp = (uint32_t *)info->dst;
+	int32_t dststride = width + (info->dst_skip >> 2);
+	uint16_t *srcp = (uint16_t *)info->src;
+	int32_t srcstride = width + (info->src_skip >> 1);
+
+	Blit_RGB444_RGB888ARMSIMDAsm(width, height, dstp, dststride, srcp, srcstride);
+}
 #endif
 
 /* This is now endian dependent */
@@ -3226,6 +3241,10 @@ static const struct blit_table normal_blit_2[] = {
      BLIT_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC, Blit_RGB565_32Altivec, NO_ALPHA | COPY_ALPHA | SET_ALPHA},
     {0x00007C00, 0x000003E0, 0x0000001F, 4, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
      BLIT_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC, Blit_RGB555_32Altivec, NO_ALPHA | COPY_ALPHA | SET_ALPHA},
+#endif
+#if SDL_ARM_SIMD_BLITTERS
+    {0x00000F00, 0x000000F0, 0x0000000F, 4, 0x00FF0000, 0x0000FF00, 0x000000FF,
+     BLIT_FEATURE_HAS_ARM_SIMD, Blit_RGB444_RGB888ARMSIMD, NO_ALPHA | COPY_ALPHA},
 #endif
     {0x0000F800, 0x000007E0, 0x0000001F, 4, 0x00FF0000, 0x0000FF00, 0x000000FF,
      0, Blit_RGB565_ARGB8888, NO_ALPHA | COPY_ALPHA | SET_ALPHA},
diff --git a/src/video/arm/pixman-arm-simd-asm.S b/src/video/arm/pixman-arm-simd-asm.S
index 769c213f6..d9c29993d 100644
--- a/src/video/arm/pixman-arm-simd-asm.S
+++ b/src/video/arm/pixman-arm-simd-asm.S
@@ -473,3 +473,60 @@ generate_composite_function \
     nop_macro, /* cleanup */ \
     BGR888toRGB888_process_head, \
     BGR888toRGB888_process_tail
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+.macro RGB444toRGB888_init
+        ldr     MASK, =0x0f0f0f0f
+        /* Set GE[3:0] to 0101 so SEL instructions do what we want */
+        msr     CPSR_s, #0x50000
+.endm
+
+.macro RGB444toRGB888_1pixel reg, mask, tmp
+        pkhbt   WK&reg, WK&reg, WK&reg, lsl #12      @ 0000aaaarrrrggggaaaarrrrggggbbbb
+        and     WK&reg, mask, WK&reg                 @ 0000aaaa0000gggg0000rrrr0000bbbb
+        orr     WK&reg, WK&reg, WK&reg, lsl #4       @ aaaaaaaaggggggggrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbb
+        pkhtb   tmp, WK&reg, WK&reg, asr #8          @ aaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrr
+        pkhbt   WK&reg, WK&reg, WK&reg, lsl #8       @ ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbb
+        sel     WK&reg, WK&reg, tmp                  @ aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggbbbbbbbb
+.endm
+
+.macro RGB444toRGB888_2pixels in, out1, out2, mask, tmp1, tmp2
+        and     tmp1, mask, WK&in                    @ 0000RRRR0000BBBB0000rrrr0000bbbb
+        and     tmp2, mask, WK&in, lsr #4            @ 0000AAAA0000GGGG0000aaaa0000gggg
+        orr     tmp1, tmp1, tmp1, lsl #4             @ RRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbb
+        orr     tmp2, tmp2, tmp2, lsl #4             @ AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGaaaaaaaagggggggg
+        pkhtb   WK&out2, tmp2, tmp1, asr #16         @ AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBB
+        pkhbt   WK&out1, tmp1, tmp2, lsl #16         @ aaaaaaaaggggggggrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbb
+        pkhtb   tmp2, WK&out2, WK&out2, asr #8       @ AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRR
+        pkhtb   tmp1, WK&out1, WK&out1, asr #8       @ aaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrr
+        pkhbt   WK&out1, WK&out1, WK&out1, lsl #8    @ ggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbbbbbbbb
+        pkhbt   WK&out2, WK&out2, WK&out2, lsl #8    @ GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBB
+        sel     WK&out1, WK&out1, tmp1               @ aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggggbbbbbbbb
+        sel     WK&out2, WK&out2, tmp2               @ AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGBBBBBBBB
+.endm
+
+.macro RGB444toRGB888_process_head  cond, numbytes, firstreg, unaligned_src, unaligned_mask, preload
+        pixld   cond, numbytes/2, firstreg, SRC, unaligned_src
+.endm
+
+.macro RGB444toRGB888_process_tail  cond, numbytes, firstreg
+ .if numbytes >= 8
+  .if numbytes == 16
+        RGB444toRGB888_2pixels %(firstreg+1), %(firstreg+2), %(firstreg+3), MASK, STRIDE_M, SCRATCH
+  .endif
+        RGB444toRGB888_2pixels %(firstreg+0), %(firstreg+0), %(firstreg+1), MASK, STRIDE_M, SCRATCH
+ .else @ numbytes == 4
+        RGB444toRGB888_1pixel %(firstreg+0), MASK, SCRATCH
+ .endif
+.endm
+
+generate_composite_function \
+    Blit_RGB444_RGB888ARMSIMDAsm, 16, 0, 32, \
+    FLAG_DST_WRITEONLY | FLAG_BRANCH_OVER, \
+    2, /* prefetch distance */ \
+    RGB444toRGB888_init, \
+    nop_macro, /* newline */ \
+    nop_macro, /* cleanup */ \
+    RGB444toRGB888_process_head, \
+    RGB444toRGB888_process_tail