diff --git a/sources/enduro2d/utils/image_impl/image_reader_dds.cpp b/sources/enduro2d/utils/image_impl/image_reader_dds.cpp
index 3ce8c356..7feede96 100644
--- a/sources/enduro2d/utils/image_impl/image_reader_dds.cpp
+++ b/sources/enduro2d/utils/image_impl/image_reader_dds.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,170 @@
 
 #include "image_impl.hpp"
 
+namespace
+{
+    using namespace e2d;
+    // from https://github.com/tlorach/nvFX/blob/master/samples/shared/nv_dds/nv_dds.h
+
+    // pixel format flags
+    const u32 ddsf_alphapixels = 0x00000001;
+    const u32 ddsf_fourcc = 0x00000004;
+    const u32 ddsf_rgb = 0x00000040;
+    const u32 ddsf_rgba = 0x00000041;
+
+    // dwCaps2 flags
+    const u32 ddsf_cubemap = 0x00000200;
+    const u32 ddsf_volume = 0x00200000;
+
+    // compressed texture types
+    const u32 fourcc_dxt1 = 0x31545844; //(MAKEFOURCC('D','X','T','1'))
+    const u32 fourcc_dxt3 = 0x33545844; //(MAKEFOURCC('D','X','T','3'))
+    const u32 fourcc_dxt5 = 0x35545844; //(MAKEFOURCC('D','X','T','5'))
+
+    struct DXTColBlock
+    {
+        u16 col0;
+        u16 col1;
+
+        u8 row[4];
+    };
+
+    struct DXT3AlphaBlock
+    {
+        u16 row[4];
+    };
+
+    struct DXT5AlphaBlock
+    {
+        u8 alpha0;
+        u8 alpha1;
+
+        u8 row[6];
+    };
+
+    struct dds_pixelformat
+    {
+        u32 dwSize;
+        u32 dwFlags;
+        u32 dwFourCC;
+        u32 dwRGBBitCount;
+        u32 dwRBitMask;
+        u32 dwGBitMask;
+        u32 dwBBitMask;
+        u32 dwABitMask;
+    };
+
+    struct dds_header
+    {
+        u32 dwSize;
+        u32 dwFlags;
+        u32 dwHeight;
+        u32 dwWidth;
+        u32 dwPitchOrLinearSize;
+        u32 dwDepth;
+        u32 dwMipMapCount;
+        u32 dwReserved1[11];
+        dds_pixelformat ddspf;
+        u32 dwCaps1;
+        u32 dwCaps2;
+        u32 dwReserved2[3];
+    };
+
+    struct dds_header_with_magic
+    {
+        u32         dwMagicFourCC;
+        dds_header  header;
+    };
+
+    static_assert(sizeof(dds_pixelformat) == 32, "invalid DDSS pixelformat structure size");
+    static_assert(sizeof(dds_header) == 124, "invalid DDS header size");
+
+   bool is_dds(const void* data, std::size_t byte_size) {
+        if ( byte_size > sizeof(dds_header_with_magic) ) {
+            const auto* hdr = (const dds_header_with_magic*) data;
+            return hdr->dwMagicFourCC == 0x20534444; // DDS
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool get_dds_format(const dds_header& hdr, image_data_format& out_format, u32& out_bytes_per_block) {
+        out_format = image_data_format(-1);
+        out_bytes_per_block = 0;
+        if ( math::check_all_flags(hdr.ddspf.dwFlags, ddsf_fourcc) ) {
+            switch (hdr.ddspf.dwFourCC)
+            {
+            case fourcc_dxt1:
+                out_format = math::check_all_flags(hdr.ddspf.dwFlags, ddsf_alphapixels)
+                                ? image_data_format::rgba_dxt1
+                                : image_data_format::rgb_dxt1;
+                out_bytes_per_block = 8;
+                break;
+            case fourcc_dxt3:
+                out_format = image_data_format::rgba_dxt3;
+                out_bytes_per_block = 16;
+                break;
+            case fourcc_dxt5:
+                out_format = image_data_format::rgba_dxt5;
+                out_bytes_per_block = 16;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return false; // unsupported compressed format
+            }
+        } else if ( math::check_all_flags(hdr.ddspf.dwFlags, ddsf_rgba|ddsf_rgb) && (hdr.ddspf.dwRGBBitCount == 32) ) {
+            out_bytes_per_block = 4;
+            out_format = image_data_format::rgba8;
+            if ( hdr.ddspf.dwRBitMask == 0x00FF0000 ) {
+                return false; // BGRA format is not supported
+            }
+        } else if ( math::check_all_flags(hdr.ddspf.dwFlags, ddsf_rgb) && (hdr.ddspf.dwRGBBitCount == 24) ) {
+            out_bytes_per_block = 3;
+            out_format = image_data_format::rgb8;
+            if (hdr.ddspf.dwRBitMask == 0x00FF0000) {
+                return false; // BGRA format is not supported
+            }
+        } else if ( hdr.ddspf.dwRGBBitCount == 16 ) {
+            return false; // 16-bit format is not supported by engine
+        } else if ( hdr.ddspf.dwRGBBitCount == 8 ) {
+            out_format = image_data_format::g8;
+            out_bytes_per_block = 1;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
 namespace e2d::images::impl
 {
     bool try_load_image_dds(image& dst, const buffer& src) noexcept {
-        //TODO(BlackMat): implme
-        E2D_UNUSED(dst, src);
-        return false;
+        if ( !is_dds(src.data(), src.size()) ) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const dds_header& hdr = ((const dds_header_with_magic*)src.data())->header;
+        const u8* content = src.data() + sizeof(dds_header_with_magic);
+        if ( math::check_all_flags(ddsf_cubemap, hdr.dwCaps2) ||
+             math::check_all_flags(ddsf_volume, hdr.dwCaps2) ||
+             (hdr.dwDepth > 0) ) {
+            return false; // cubemap and volume textures are not supported
+        }
+        image_data_format format = image_data_format(-1);
+        u32 bytes_per_block = 0;
+        if ( !get_dds_format(hdr, format, bytes_per_block) ) {
+            return false; // unsupported format
+        }
+        //u32 num_mipmaps = (hdr.dwMipMapCount == 0) ? 1 : hdr.dwMipMapCount;
+        v2u dimension = v2u(hdr.dwWidth, hdr.dwHeight);
+        std::size_t size;
+        switch (format)
+        {
+        case image_data_format::rgb_dxt1:
+        case image_data_format::rgba_dxt3:
+        case image_data_format::rgba_dxt5:
+            size = ((dimension.x+3)/4) * ((dimension.y+3)/4) * bytes_per_block;
+            break;
+        default:
+            size = dimension.x * dimension.y * bytes_per_block;
+            break;
+        }
+        dst = image(dimension, format, buffer(content, size));
+        return true;
     }
 }