diff --git a/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader.cpp b/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader.cpp
index 5511680..911e51a 100644
--- a/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader.cpp
+++ b/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader.cpp
@@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ namespace
                 }
 
                 // No DXGI format maps to ISBITMASK(0x0f,0x00,0x00,0xf0) aka D3DFMT_A4L4
+
+                if (ISBITMASK(0x000000ff, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x0000ff00))
+                {
+                    return DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM; // Some DDS writers assume the bitcount should be 8 instead of 16
+                }
             }
 
             if (16 == ddpf.RGBBitCount)
diff --git a/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader12.cpp b/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader12.cpp
index 3869740..56ba6e4 100644
--- a/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader12.cpp
+++ b/DDSTextureLoader/DDSTextureLoader12.cpp
@@ -635,6 +635,11 @@ namespace
                 }
 
                 // No DXGI format maps to ISBITMASK(0x0f,0x00,0x00,0xf0) aka D3DFMT_A4L4
+
+                if (ISBITMASK(0x000000ff, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x0000ff00))
+                {
+                    return DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM; // Some DDS writers assume the bitcount should be 8 instead of 16
+                }
             }
 
             if (16 == ddpf.RGBBitCount)