diff --git a/conan_profiles/base/common b/conan_profiles/base/common
index 5179ed5..e7c845f 100644
--- a/conan_profiles/base/common
+++ b/conan_profiles/base/common
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ sdl_mixer/*:modplug=False
 sdl_mixer/*:nativemidi=False
 sdl_mixer/*:tinymidi=False
 
+# libsquish
+# accelerate as much as possible
+libsquish/*:openmp=True
+libsquish/*:sse2_intrinsics=True
+
 # transitive deps, stuff that's not needed
 # doesn't link to bzip2 & zlib from "system" recipes
 pcre2/*:build_pcre2grep=False
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index b359850..ff62088 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class VCMI(ConanFile):
         "sdl_image/[^2.8.2]",
         "sdl_mixer/[^2.8.0]",
         "sdl_ttf/[^2.0.18]",
+        "libsquish/[^1.15]",
     ]
     _launcherRequires = [
         "xz_utils/[^5.2.5]", # innoextract