diff --git a/paludis/sets/steam.conf b/paludis/sets/steam.conf
index 956c818..36e5a0b 100644
--- a/paludis/sets/steam.conf
+++ b/paludis/sets/steam.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 * x11-libs/pango
 * x11-libs/pixman
 
+# texture compression
+* media-libs/libtxc_dxtn
+
 # optional
 ? media-sound/pulseaudio
 ? net-misc/networkmanager