diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 404f5b69..87a396c5 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LIBVER_MINOR := $(shell echo $(LIBVER_MINOR_SCRIPT))
 LIBVER_PATCH := $(shell echo $(LIBVER_PATCH_SCRIPT))
 LIBVER := $(shell echo $(LIBVER_SCRIPT))
 VERSION?= $(LIBVER)
+CCVER := $(shell $(CC) --version)
 
 CPPFLAGS+= -I. -I./common -DXXH_NAMESPACE=ZSTD_
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)   # MinGW assumed
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ ZDICT_FILES := $(sort $(wildcard dictBuilder/*.c))
 ZDEPR_FILES := $(sort $(wildcard deprecated/*.c))
 ZSTD_FILES := $(ZSTDCOMMON_FILES)
 
+ifeq ($(findstring GCC,$(CCVER)),GCC)
+decompress/zstd_decompress_block.o :	CFLAGS+=-fno-tree-vectorize
+endif
+
 ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT ?= 5
 ZSTD_LIB_COMPRESSION ?= 1
 ZSTD_LIB_DECOMPRESSION ?= 1
diff --git a/lib/common/compiler.h b/lib/common/compiler.h
index 0836e3ed..87bf51ae 100644
--- a/lib/common/compiler.h
+++ b/lib/common/compiler.h
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@
     }                                     \
 }
 
+/* vectorization */
+#if !defined(__clang__) && defined(__GNUC__)
+#  define DONT_VECTORIZE __attribute__((optimize("no-tree-vectorize")))
+#else
+#  define DONT_VECTORIZE
+#endif
+
 /* disable warnings */
 #ifdef _MSC_VER    /* Visual Studio */
 #  include <intrin.h>                    /* For Visual 2005 */
diff --git a/lib/common/zstd_internal.h b/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
index 31f756ab..81b16eac 100644
--- a/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
+++ b/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #endif
 #include "xxhash.h"                /* XXH_reset, update, digest */
 
-
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -193,19 +192,72 @@ static const U32 OF_defaultNormLog = OF_DEFAULTNORMLOG;
 *  Shared functions to include for inlining
 *********************************************/
 static void ZSTD_copy8(void* dst, const void* src) { memcpy(dst, src, 8); }
+
 #define COPY8(d,s) { ZSTD_copy8(d,s); d+=8; s+=8; }
+static void ZSTD_copy16(void* dst, const void* src) { memcpy(dst, src, 16); }
+#define COPY16(d,s) { ZSTD_copy16(d,s); d+=16; s+=16; }
+
+#define WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH 8
+#define VECLEN 16
+
+typedef enum {
+    ZSTD_no_overlap,
+    ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst,
+    /*  ZSTD_overlap_dst_before_src, */
+} ZSTD_overlap_e;
 
 /*! ZSTD_wildcopy() :
  *  custom version of memcpy(), can overwrite up to WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH bytes (if length==0) */
-#define WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH 8
-MEM_STATIC void ZSTD_wildcopy(void* dst, const void* src, ptrdiff_t length)
+MEM_STATIC FORCE_INLINE_ATTR DONT_VECTORIZE
+void ZSTD_wildcopy(void* dst, const void* src, ptrdiff_t length, ZSTD_overlap_e ovtype)
 {
+    ptrdiff_t diff = (BYTE*)dst - (const BYTE*)src;
     const BYTE* ip = (const BYTE*)src;
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
     BYTE* const oend = op + length;
-    do
-        COPY8(op, ip)
-    while (op < oend);
+
+    assert(diff >= 8 || (ovtype == ZSTD_no_overlap && diff < -8));
+    if (length < VECLEN || (ovtype == ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst && diff < VECLEN)) {
+      do
+          COPY8(op, ip)
+      while (op < oend);
+    }
+    else {
+      if ((length & 8) == 0)
+        COPY8(op, ip);
+      do {
+        COPY16(op, ip);
+      }
+      while (op < oend);
+    }
+}
+
+/*! ZSTD_wildcopy_16min() :
+ *  same semantics as ZSTD_wilcopy() except guaranteed to be able to copy 16 bytes at the start */
+MEM_STATIC FORCE_INLINE_ATTR DONT_VECTORIZE
+void ZSTD_wildcopy_16min(void* dst, const void* src, ptrdiff_t length, ZSTD_overlap_e ovtype)
+{
+    ptrdiff_t diff = (BYTE*)dst - (const BYTE*)src;
+    const BYTE* ip = (const BYTE*)src;
+    BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
+    BYTE* const oend = op + length;
+
+    assert(length >= 8);
+    assert(diff >= 8 || (ovtype == ZSTD_no_overlap && diff < -8));
+
+    if (ovtype == ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst && diff < VECLEN) {
+      do
+          COPY8(op, ip)
+      while (op < oend);
+    }
+    else {
+      if ((length & 8) == 0)
+        COPY8(op, ip);
+      do {
+        COPY16(op, ip);
+      }
+      while (op < oend);
+    }
 }
 
 MEM_STATIC void ZSTD_wildcopy_e(void* dst, const void* src, void* dstEnd)   /* should be faster for decoding, but strangely, not verified on all platform */
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
index ffcf2631..5495899b 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ MEM_STATIC void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const v
     /* copy Literals */
     assert(seqStorePtr->maxNbLit <= 128 KB);
     assert(seqStorePtr->lit + litLength <= seqStorePtr->litStart + seqStorePtr->maxNbLit);
-    ZSTD_wildcopy(seqStorePtr->lit, literals, litLength);
+    ZSTD_wildcopy(seqStorePtr->lit, literals, litLength, ZSTD_no_overlap);
     seqStorePtr->lit += litLength;
 
     /* literal Length */
diff --git a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
index 741784fd..24f4859c 100644
--- a/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
+++ b/lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
@@ -637,9 +637,10 @@ size_t ZSTD_execSequence(BYTE* op,
     if (oLitEnd>oend_w) return ZSTD_execSequenceLast7(op, oend, sequence, litPtr, litLimit, prefixStart, virtualStart, dictEnd);
 
     /* copy Literals */
-    ZSTD_copy8(op, *litPtr);
     if (sequence.litLength > 8)
-        ZSTD_wildcopy(op+8, (*litPtr)+8, sequence.litLength - 8);   /* note : since oLitEnd <= oend-WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH, no risk of overwrite beyond oend */
+        ZSTD_wildcopy_16min(op, (*litPtr), sequence.litLength, ZSTD_no_overlap);   /* note : since oLitEnd <= oend-WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH, no risk of overwrite beyond oend */
+    else
+        ZSTD_copy8(op, *litPtr);
     op = oLitEnd;
     *litPtr = iLitEnd;   /* update for next sequence */
 
@@ -686,13 +687,13 @@ size_t ZSTD_execSequence(BYTE* op,
 
     if (oMatchEnd > oend-(16-MINMATCH)) {
         if (op < oend_w) {
-            ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, oend_w - op);
+            ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, oend_w - op, ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst);
             match += oend_w - op;
             op = oend_w;
         }
         while (op < oMatchEnd) *op++ = *match++;
     } else {
-        ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, (ptrdiff_t)sequence.matchLength-8);   /* works even if matchLength < 8 */
+        ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, (ptrdiff_t)sequence.matchLength-8, ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst);   /* works even if matchLength < 8 */
     }
     return sequenceLength;
 }
@@ -717,9 +718,11 @@ size_t ZSTD_execSequenceLong(BYTE* op,
     if (oLitEnd > oend_w) return ZSTD_execSequenceLast7(op, oend, sequence, litPtr, litLimit, prefixStart, dictStart, dictEnd);
 
     /* copy Literals */
-    ZSTD_copy8(op, *litPtr);  /* note : op <= oLitEnd <= oend_w == oend - 8 */
     if (sequence.litLength > 8)
-        ZSTD_wildcopy(op+8, (*litPtr)+8, sequence.litLength - 8);   /* note : since oLitEnd <= oend-WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH, no risk of overwrite beyond oend */
+        ZSTD_wildcopy_16min(op, *litPtr, sequence.litLength, ZSTD_no_overlap);   /* note : since oLitEnd <= oend-WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH, no risk of overwrite beyond oend */
+    else
+        ZSTD_copy8(op, *litPtr);  /* note : op <= oLitEnd <= oend_w == oend - 8 */
+
     op = oLitEnd;
     *litPtr = iLitEnd;   /* update for next sequence */
 
@@ -766,13 +769,13 @@ size_t ZSTD_execSequenceLong(BYTE* op,
 
     if (oMatchEnd > oend-(16-MINMATCH)) {
         if (op < oend_w) {
-            ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, oend_w - op);
+            ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, oend_w - op, ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst);
             match += oend_w - op;
             op = oend_w;
         }
         while (op < oMatchEnd) *op++ = *match++;
     } else {
-        ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, (ptrdiff_t)sequence.matchLength-8);   /* works even if matchLength < 8 */
+        ZSTD_wildcopy(op, match, (ptrdiff_t)sequence.matchLength-8, ZSTD_overlap_src_before_dst);   /* works even if matchLength < 8 */
     }
     return sequenceLength;
 }
@@ -889,6 +892,7 @@ ZSTD_decodeSequence(seqState_t* seqState, const ZSTD_longOffset_e longOffsets)
 }
 
 FORCE_INLINE_TEMPLATE size_t
+DONT_VECTORIZE
 ZSTD_decompressSequences_body( ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
                                void* dst, size_t maxDstSize,
                          const void* seqStart, size_t seqSize, int nbSeq,
@@ -1137,6 +1141,7 @@ ZSTD_decompressSequencesLong_default(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
 
 #ifndef ZSTD_FORCE_DECOMPRESS_SEQUENCES_LONG
 static TARGET_ATTRIBUTE("bmi2") size_t
+DONT_VECTORIZE
 ZSTD_decompressSequences_bmi2(ZSTD_DCtx* dctx,
                                  void* dst, size_t maxDstSize,
                            const void* seqStart, size_t seqSize, int nbSeq,