diff --git a/src/dsp/alpha_processing.c b/src/dsp/alpha_processing.c
index 176135ab..85a7e620 100644
--- a/src/dsp/alpha_processing.c
+++ b/src/dsp/alpha_processing.c
@@ -303,9 +303,28 @@ static int DispatchAlpha(const uint8_t* alpha, int alpha_stride,
   return (alpha_mask != 0xff);
 }
 
+static int ExtractAlpha(const uint8_t* argb, int argb_stride,
+                        int width, int height,
+                        uint8_t* alpha, int alpha_stride) {
+  uint8_t alpha_mask = 0xff;
+  int i, j;
+
+  for (j = 0; j < height; ++j) {
+    for (i = 0; i < width; ++i) {
+      const uint8_t alpha_value = argb[4 * i];
+      alpha[i] = alpha_value;
+      alpha_mask &= alpha_value;
+    }
+    argb += argb_stride;
+    alpha += alpha_stride;
+  }
+  return (alpha_mask == 0xff);
+}
+
 void (*WebPApplyAlphaMultiply)(uint8_t*, int, int, int, int);
 void (*WebPApplyAlphaMultiply4444)(uint8_t*, int, int, int);
 int (*WebPDispatchAlpha)(const uint8_t*, int, int, int, uint8_t*, int);
+int (*WebPExtractAlpha)(const uint8_t*, int, int, int, uint8_t*, int);
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Init function
@@ -320,6 +339,7 @@ void WebPInitAlphaProcessing(void) {
   WebPApplyAlphaMultiply = ApplyAlphaMultiply;
   WebPApplyAlphaMultiply4444 = ApplyAlphaMultiply_16b;
   WebPDispatchAlpha = DispatchAlpha;
+  WebPExtractAlpha = ExtractAlpha;
 
   // If defined, use CPUInfo() to overwrite some pointers with faster versions.
   if (VP8GetCPUInfo != NULL) {
diff --git a/src/dsp/alpha_processing_sse2.c b/src/dsp/alpha_processing_sse2.c
index 5d6dcaf4..d34852c5 100644
--- a/src/dsp/alpha_processing_sse2.c
+++ b/src/dsp/alpha_processing_sse2.c
@@ -72,6 +72,51 @@ static int DispatchAlpha(const uint8_t* alpha, int alpha_stride,
   return (alpha_and != 0xff);
 }
 
+static int ExtractAlpha(const uint8_t* argb, int argb_stride,
+                        int width, int height,
+                        uint8_t* alpha, int alpha_stride) {
+  // alpha_and stores an 'and' operation of all the alpha[] values. The final
+  // value is not 0xff if any of the alpha[] is not equal to 0xff.
+  uint32_t alpha_and = 0xff;
+  int i, j;
+  const __m128i a_mask = _mm_set1_epi32(0xffu);  // to preserve alpha
+  const __m128i all_0xff = _mm_set_epi32(0, 0, ~0u, ~0u);
+  __m128i all_alphas = all_0xff;
+
+  // We must be able to access 3 extra bytes after the last written byte
+  // 'src[4 * width - 4]', because we don't know if alpha is the first or the
+  // last byte of the quadruplet.
+  const int limit = (width - 1) & ~7;
+
+  for (j = 0; j < height; ++j) {
+    const __m128i* src = (const __m128i*)argb;
+    for (i = 0; i < limit; i += 8) {
+      // load 32 argb bytes
+      const __m128i a0 = _mm_loadu_si128(src + 0);
+      const __m128i a1 = _mm_loadu_si128(src + 1);
+      const __m128i b0 = _mm_and_si128(a0, a_mask);
+      const __m128i b1 = _mm_and_si128(a1, a_mask);
+      const __m128i c0 = _mm_packs_epi32(b0, b1);
+      const __m128i d0 = _mm_packus_epi16(c0, c0);
+      // store
+      _mm_storel_epi64((__m128i*)&alpha[i], d0);
+      // accumulate eight alpha 'and' in parallel
+      all_alphas = _mm_and_si128(all_alphas, d0);
+      src += 2;
+    }
+    for (; i < width; ++i) {
+      const uint32_t alpha_value = argb[4 * i];
+      alpha[i] = alpha_value;
+      alpha_and &= alpha_value;
+    }
+    argb += argb_stride;
+    alpha += alpha_stride;
+  }
+  // Combine the eight alpha 'and' into a 8-bit mask.
+  alpha_and &= _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(all_alphas, all_0xff));
+  return (alpha_and == 0xff);
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Non-dither premultiplied modes
 
@@ -219,5 +264,6 @@ void WebPInitAlphaProcessingSSE2(void) {
   WebPMultRow = MultRow;
   WebPApplyAlphaMultiply = ApplyAlphaMultiply;
   WebPDispatchAlpha = DispatchAlpha;
+  WebPExtractAlpha = ExtractAlpha;
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/dsp/dsp.h b/src/dsp/dsp.h
index a50f0539..c75cf04a 100644
--- a/src/dsp/dsp.h
+++ b/src/dsp/dsp.h
@@ -268,13 +268,19 @@ extern void (*WebPApplyAlphaMultiply)(
 extern void (*WebPApplyAlphaMultiply4444)(
     uint8_t* rgba4444, int w, int h, int stride);
 
-
 // Dispatch the values from alpha[] plane to the ARGB destination 'dst'.
 // Returns true if alpha[] plane has non-trivial values different from 0xff.
 extern int (*WebPDispatchAlpha)(const uint8_t* alpha, int alpha_stride,
                                 int width, int height,
                                 uint8_t* dst, int dst_stride);
 
+// Extract the alpha values from 32b values in argb[] and pack them into alpha[]
+// (this is the opposite of WebPDispatchAlpha).
+// Returns true if there's only trivial 0xff alpha values.
+extern int (*WebPExtractAlpha)(const uint8_t* argb, int argb_stride,
+                               int width, int height,
+                               uint8_t* alpha, int alpha_stride);
+
 // Pre-Multiply operation transforms x into x * A / 255  (where x=Y,R,G or B).
 // Un-Multiply operation transforms x into x * 255 / A.