diff --git a/libsse/_sse.h b/libsse/_sse.h
index 8754721..966a62b 100755
--- a/libsse/_sse.h
+++ b/libsse/_sse.h
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#ifdef __SSE2__
-#include <xmmintrin.h>
+
+#if defined(__SSE2__)
+#define USE_SSE2
+#elif defined(__ARM_NEON)
+#define USE_SSE2
+#include "sse2neon.h"
 #else
+// no SSE2 support, use emulation
 typedef long long __m128i __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (16), __may_alias__));
-#endif /* __SSE2__ */
+#endif
 
 #ifndef MAX
 #define MAX(x,y) (((x)>(y)) ? (x):(y))
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ typedef union
 	} uint64_v;
 
 
-#ifdef __SSE2__
+#ifdef USE_SSE2
 
 static inline int8_t _s2_extract_epi8(__m128i r, const int p)
 {