diff --git a/data/sky/README.md b/data/sky/README.md
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/sky/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Taken from the LearnOpenGL examples about cubemaps.
diff --git a/data/sky/sky_bk.png b/data/sky/sky_bk.png
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diff --git a/data/sky/sky_dn.png b/data/sky/sky_dn.png
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diff --git a/data/sky/sky_ft.png b/data/sky/sky_ft.png
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diff --git a/data/sky/sky_lf.png b/data/sky/sky_lf.png
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diff --git a/data/sky/sky_rt.png b/data/sky/sky_rt.png
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diff --git a/data/sky/sky_up.png b/data/sky/sky_up.png
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diff --git a/src/modules/voxelrender/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/voxelrender/CMakeLists.txt
index 200f172ae..0398649eb 100644
--- a/src/modules/voxelrender/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/voxelrender/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ set(SRCS_SHADERS
 	shaders/voxel.vert shaders/voxel.frag
 )
 set(FILES
+	sky/sky_bk.png
+	sky/sky_dn.png
+	sky/sky_ft.png
+	sky/sky_lf.png
+	sky/sky_rt.png
+	sky/sky_up.png
 )
 engine_add_module(TARGET ${LIB} SRCS ${SRCS} ${SRCS_SHADERS} FILES ${FILES} DEPENDENCIES frontend render voxelfont voxelworld)
 generate_shaders(${LIB} world water world_instanced voxel)
diff --git a/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.cpp b/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.cpp
index e976ae70b..39323b90f 100644
--- a/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ void WorldRenderer::shutdown() {
 	_opaqueBuffer.shutdown();
 	_waterBuffer.shutdown();
 	_shadow.shutdown();
+	_skybox.shutdown();
 	_shapeRenderer.shutdown();
 	_shapeBuilder.shutdown();
 	_shapeRendererOcclusionQuery.shutdown();
@@ -376,10 +377,13 @@ int WorldRenderer::renderWorld(const video::Camera& camera, int* vertices) {
 	}
 	drawCallsWorld += renderEntities(camera);
 	{
+		_skybox.bind(video::TextureUnit::Two);
 		core_trace_scoped(WorldRendererRenderWater);
 		video::ScopedShader scoped(_waterShader);
 		_waterShader.setModel(glm::mat4(1.0f));
 		_waterShader.setFocuspos(_focusPos);
+		_waterShader.setCubemap(video::TextureUnit::Two);
+		_waterShader.setCamerapos(camera.position());
 		_waterShader.setLightdir(_shadow.sunDirection());
 		_waterShader.setMaterialblock(_materialBlock);
 		_waterShader.setFogcolor(_clearColor);
@@ -413,6 +417,8 @@ int WorldRenderer::renderWorld(const video::Camera& camera, int* vertices) {
 		_shapeRenderer.render(_aabbMeshes, camera);
 	}
 
+	_skybox.render(camera);
+
 	return drawCallsWorld;
 }
 
@@ -612,6 +618,10 @@ bool WorldRenderer::init(const glm::ivec2& position, const glm::ivec2& dimension
 	if (!_chrShader.setup()) {
 		return false;
 	}
+	if (!_skybox.init("sky")) {
+		Log::warn("Failed to initialize the sky");
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	const int shaderMaterialColorsArraySize = lengthof(shader::WorldData::MaterialblockData::materialcolor);
 	const int materialColorsArraySize = voxel::getMaterialColors().size();
diff --git a/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.h b/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.h
index 4c1c2e768..b3dad4510 100644
--- a/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.h
+++ b/src/modules/voxelrender/WorldRenderer.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "render/RandomColorTexture.h"
 #include "video/ShapeBuilder.h"
 #include "render/ShapeRenderer.h"
+#include "render/Skybox.h"
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <list>
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ protected:
 	render::Shadow _shadow;
 	render::RandomColorTexture _colorTexture;
 
+	render::Skybox _skybox;
+
 	video::ShapeBuilder _shapeBuilder;
 	render::ShapeRenderer _shapeRenderer;
 	int32_t _aabbMeshes = -1;
diff --git a/src/modules/voxelrender/shaders/water.frag b/src/modules/voxelrender/shaders/water.frag
index afd5498fe..0ce65cb16 100644
--- a/src/modules/voxelrender/shaders/water.frag
+++ b/src/modules/voxelrender/shaders/water.frag
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-// for now they are the same
+$in vec3 v_pos;
+$in vec4 v_color;
+$in float v_ambientocclusion;
+uniform mat4 u_viewprojection;
 uniform float u_time;
+uniform samplerCube u_cubemap;
+uniform vec3 u_camerapos;
 
 vec2 calculateShadowTexcoord(vec2 uv) {
 	float offset = cos(u_time / 1000.0) * 0.000125;
@@ -8,4 +13,25 @@ vec2 calculateShadowTexcoord(vec2 uv) {
 }
 
 #define CUSTOM_SHADOW_TEXCOORD
-#include "world.frag"
+#include "_fog.frag"
+#include "_shadowmap.frag"
+
+uniform mediump vec3 u_lightdir;
+uniform lowp vec3 u_diffuse_color;
+uniform lowp vec3 u_ambient_color;
+$out vec4 o_color;
+
+void main(void) {
+	vec3 fdx = dFdx(v_pos.xyz);
+	vec3 fdy = dFdy(v_pos.xyz);
+	vec3 normal = normalize(cross(fdx, fdy));
+	vec3 I = normalize(vec3(v_pos) - u_camerapos);
+	vec3 R = reflect(I, normal);
+	vec3 cubeColor = texture(u_cubemap, R).rgb;
+	float ndotl1 = dot(normal, u_lightdir);
+	float ndotl2 = dot(normal, -u_lightdir);
+	vec3 diffuse = u_diffuse_color * max(0.0, max(ndotl1, ndotl2));
+	vec3 shadowColor = shadow(u_viewprojection, mix(cubeColor, v_color.rgb, 0.01), diffuse, u_ambient_color);
+	vec3 linearColor = shadowColor * v_ambientocclusion;
+	o_color = fog(v_pos.xyz, linearColor, v_color.a);
+}