diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 15ca37d..9b69fa8 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ pub mod tex;
 #[cfg(feature = "visual_data")]
 pub mod mtrl;
 
+/// Reading shader packages (SHPK)
+#[cfg(feature = "visual_data")]
+pub mod shpk;
+
 /// Reading character parameter files (CMP)
 pub mod cmp;
 
diff --git a/src/shpk.rs b/src/shpk.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a279c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shpk.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Joshua Goins <josh@redstrate.com>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+use std::io::{Cursor, Seek, SeekFrom};
+
+use binrw::{BinRead, binread, BinReaderExt};
+
+use crate::gamedata::MemoryBuffer;
+
+#[binread]
+#[br(little)]
+#[br(magic = b"ShPk")]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct SHPKHeader {
+    #[br(pad_before = 4)] // what are these bytes? 01 0B
+    #[br(count = 4)]
+    #[bw(pad_size_to = 4)]
+    #[bw(map = |x : &String | x.as_bytes())]
+    #[br(map = | x: Vec<u8> | String::from_utf8(x).unwrap().trim_matches(char::from(0)).to_string())]
+    format: String,
+
+    file_length: i32,
+    shader_data_offset: i32,
+    parameter_list_offset: i32,
+    vertex_shader_count: i32,
+    pixel_shader_count: i32,
+    scalar_parameter_count: i32,
+    resource_parameter_count: i32
+}
+
+pub struct Shader {
+    pub bytecode: Vec<u8>
+}
+
+pub struct ShaderPackage {
+    pub vertex_shaders: Vec<Shader>,
+    pub pixel_shaders: Vec<Shader>
+}
+
+impl ShaderPackage {
+    pub fn from_existing(buffer: &MemoryBuffer) -> Option<ShaderPackage> {
+        let mut cursor = Cursor::new(buffer);
+        let header = SHPKHeader::read(&mut cursor).ok()?;
+
+        // start of shader data
+        cursor.seek(SeekFrom::Start(header.shader_data_offset as u64 + 12)).ok()?;
+
+        let mut vertex_shaders: Vec<Shader> = Vec::new();
+        let mut pixel_shaders: Vec<Shader> = Vec::new();
+
+        let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        let eof_magic = 1128421444u32;
+
+        while vertex_shaders.len() < header.vertex_shader_count as usize {
+            let word = cursor.read_le::<u32>().unwrap();
+
+            if word == eof_magic && !buffer.is_empty() {
+                vertex_shaders.push(Shader {
+                    bytecode: buffer.clone()
+                });
+                buffer.clear();
+            } else {
+                buffer.extend_from_slice(word.to_le_bytes().as_slice());
+            }
+        }
+
+        while pixel_shaders.len() < header.pixel_shader_count as usize {
+            let word = cursor.read_le::<u32>().unwrap();
+
+            if word == eof_magic && !buffer.is_empty() || cursor.position() == header.parameter_list_offset as u64 {
+                pixel_shaders.push(Shader {
+                    bytecode: buffer.clone()
+                });
+                buffer.clear();
+            } else {
+                buffer.extend_from_slice(word.to_le_bytes().as_slice());
+            }
+        }
+
+        Some(ShaderPackage {
+            vertex_shaders,
+            pixel_shaders
+        })
+    }
+}