diff --git a/src/dsp/rescaler_sse2.c b/src/dsp/rescaler_sse2.c
index 6eabf1bf..186edb65 100644
--- a/src/dsp/rescaler_sse2.c
+++ b/src/dsp/rescaler_sse2.c
@@ -25,6 +25,89 @@
 #define ROUNDER (WEBP_RESCALER_ONE >> 1)
 #define MULT_FIX(x, y) (((uint64_t)(x) * (y) + ROUNDER) >> WEBP_RESCALER_RFIX)
 
+// input: 8 bytes ABCDEFGH -> output: A0E0B0F0C0G0D0H0
+static void LoadTwoPixels(const uint8_t* const src, __m128i* out) {
+  const __m128i zero = _mm_setzero_si128();
+  const __m128i A = _mm_loadl_epi64((const __m128i*)(src));  // ABCDEFGH
+  const __m128i B = _mm_unpacklo_epi8(A, zero);              // A0B0C0D0E0F0G0H0
+  const __m128i C = _mm_srli_si128(B, 8);                    // E0F0G0H0
+  *out = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(B, C);
+}
+
+// input: 8 bytes ABCDEFGH -> output: A0B0C0D0E0F0G0H0
+static void LoadHeightPixels(const uint8_t* const src, __m128i* out) {
+  const __m128i zero = _mm_setzero_si128();
+  const __m128i A = _mm_loadl_epi64((const __m128i*)(src));  // ABCDEFGH
+  *out = _mm_unpacklo_epi8(A, zero);
+}
+
+static void RescalerImportRowExpandSSE2(WebPRescaler* const wrk,
+                                        const uint8_t* src) {
+  rescaler_t* frow = wrk->frow;
+  const rescaler_t* const frow_end = frow + wrk->dst_width * wrk->num_channels;
+  const int x_add = wrk->x_add;
+  int accum = x_add;
+  __m128i cur_pixels;
+
+  assert(!WebPRescalerInputDone(wrk));
+  assert(wrk->x_expand);
+  if (wrk->num_channels == 4) {
+    if (wrk->src_width < 2) {
+      WebPRescalerImportRowExpandC(wrk, src);
+      return;
+    }
+    LoadTwoPixels(src, &cur_pixels);
+    src += 4;
+    while (1) {
+      const __m128i mult = _mm_set1_epi32(((x_add - accum) << 16) | accum);
+      const __m128i out = _mm_madd_epi16(cur_pixels, mult);
+      _mm_storeu_si128((__m128i*)frow, out);
+      frow += 4;
+      if (frow >= frow_end) break;
+      accum -= wrk->x_sub;
+      if (accum < 0) {
+        LoadTwoPixels(src, &cur_pixels);
+        src += 4;
+        accum += x_add;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    int left;
+    const uint8_t* const src_limit = src + wrk->src_width - 8;
+    if (wrk->src_width < 8) {
+      WebPRescalerImportRowExpandC(wrk, src);
+      return;
+    }
+    LoadHeightPixels(src, &cur_pixels);
+    src += 7;
+    left = 7;
+    while (1) {
+      const __m128i mult = _mm_cvtsi32_si128(((x_add - accum) << 16) | accum);
+      const __m128i out = _mm_madd_epi16(cur_pixels, mult);
+      *(uint32_t*)frow = _mm_cvtsi128_si32(out);
+      frow += 1;
+      if (frow >= frow_end) break;
+      accum -= wrk->x_sub;
+      if (accum < 0) {
+        if (--left) {
+          cur_pixels = _mm_srli_si128(cur_pixels, 2);
+        } else if (src <= src_limit) {
+          LoadHeightPixels(src, &cur_pixels);
+          src += 7;
+          left = 7;
+        } else {   // tail
+          cur_pixels = _mm_srli_si128(cur_pixels, 2);
+          cur_pixels = _mm_insert_epi16(cur_pixels, src[1], 1);
+          src += 1;
+          left = 1;
+        }
+        accum += x_add;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  assert(accum == 0);
+}
+
 static void RescalerImportRowShrinkSSE2(WebPRescaler* const wrk,
                                         const uint8_t* src) {
   const int x_sub = wrk->x_sub;
@@ -277,6 +360,7 @@ static void RescalerExportRowShrinkSSE2(WebPRescaler* const wrk) {
 extern void WebPRescalerDspInitSSE2(void);
 
 WEBP_TSAN_IGNORE_FUNCTION void WebPRescalerDspInitSSE2(void) {
+  WebPRescalerImportRowExpand = RescalerImportRowExpandSSE2;
   WebPRescalerImportRowShrink = RescalerImportRowShrinkSSE2;
   WebPRescalerExportRowExpand = RescalerExportRowExpandSSE2;
   WebPRescalerExportRowShrink = RescalerExportRowShrinkSSE2;