diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/ripplesimulation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/ripplesimulation.cpp
index 282362ea56..1045594c20 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/ripplesimulation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/ripplesimulation.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ RippleSimulation::RippleSimulation(osg::Group *parent, Resource::ResourceSystem*
 
     createWaterRippleStateSet(resourceSystem, mParticleNode);
 
-    resourceSystem->getSceneManager()->recreateShaders(mParticleNode);
+    resourceSystem->getSceneManager()->recreateShaders(mParticleNode, "objects", false, nullptr, true);
 
     mParent->addChild(mParticleNode);
 }
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index 41f65ba0ab..8ddc3fd102 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -340,13 +340,15 @@ namespace Resource
         return mForceShaders;
     }
 
-    void SceneManager::recreateShaders(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node, const std::string& shaderPrefix, bool forceShadersForNode, const osg::Program* programTemplate)
+    void SceneManager::recreateShaders(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node, const std::string& shaderPrefix, bool forceShadersForNode, const osg::Program* programTemplate, bool disableSoftParticles)
     {
         osg::ref_ptr<Shader::ShaderVisitor> shaderVisitor(createShaderVisitor(shaderPrefix));
         shaderVisitor->setAllowedToModifyStateSets(false);
         shaderVisitor->setProgramTemplate(programTemplate);
         if (forceShadersForNode)
             shaderVisitor->setForceShaders(true);
+        if (disableSoftParticles)
+            shaderVisitor->setOpaqueDepthTex(nullptr);
         node->accept(*shaderVisitor);
     }
 
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
index 58ae8fdb8b..b3a42bac45 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Resource
         Shader::ShaderManager& getShaderManager();
 
         /// Re-create shaders for this node, need to call this if alpha testing, texture stages or vertex color mode have changed.
-        void recreateShaders(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node, const std::string& shaderPrefix = "objects", bool forceShadersForNode = false, const osg::Program* programTemplate = nullptr);
+        void recreateShaders(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> node, const std::string& shaderPrefix = "objects", bool forceShadersForNode = false, const osg::Program* programTemplate = nullptr, bool disableSoftParticles = false);
 
         /// Applying shaders to a node may replace some fixed-function state.
         /// This restores it.