diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/helper/NormalHelper.java b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/helper/NormalHelper.java
index 280ac96b1..bf6deebb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/helper/NormalHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/helper/NormalHelper.java
@@ -188,4 +188,8 @@ public static int packedNormalFromDirection(Direction direction) {
 
 		return I32_SNorm.packNormal(normal.getX(), normal.getY(), normal.getZ());
 	}
+
+	public static void unpackNormalTo(int packedNormal, Vector3f normal) {
+		normal.set(I32_SNorm.unpackX(packedNormal), I32_SNorm.unpackY(packedNormal), I32_SNorm.unpackZ(packedNormal));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/mesh/MutableQuadViewImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/mesh/MutableQuadViewImpl.java
index 297d573ae..6c83814bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/mesh/MutableQuadViewImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/vulkanmod/render/chunk/build/frapi/mesh/MutableQuadViewImpl.java
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ public final MutableQuadViewImpl fromVanilla(BakedQuad quad, RenderMaterial mate
 		ModelQuadView quadView = (ModelQuadView) quad;
 		int normal = quadView.getNormal();
 		data[baseIndex + HEADER_FACE_NORMAL] = normal;
+		NormalHelper.unpackNormalTo(normal, faceNormal);
 
 		Direction lightFace = quadView.lightFace();
 		data[baseIndex + HEADER_BITS] = EncodingFormat.lightFace(data[baseIndex + HEADER_BITS], lightFace);