diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 34b7763..a49127d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
     set(libpng_arm_sources
       arm/arm_init.c
       arm/filter_neon.S
-      arm/filter_neon_intrinsics.c)
+      arm/filter_neon_intrinsics.c
+      arm/palette_neon_intrinsics.c)
 
     if(${PNG_ARM_NEON} STREQUAL "on")
       add_definitions(-DPNG_ARM_NEON_OPT=2)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 08db3e5..e4d08b5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
 
 if PNG_ARM_NEON
 libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_SOURCES += arm/arm_init.c\
-	arm/filter_neon.S arm/filter_neon_intrinsics.c
+	arm/filter_neon.S arm/filter_neon_intrinsics.c \
+	arm/palette_neon_intrinsics.c
 endif
 
 if PNG_MIPS_MSA
diff --git a/arm/palette_neon_intrinsics.c b/arm/palette_neon_intrinsics.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90fc2e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arm/palette_neon_intrinsics.c
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/* palette_neon_intrinsics.c - NEON optimised palette expansion functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Arm Holdings. All rights reserved.
+ * Written by Richard Townsend <Richard.Townsend@arm.com>, February 2017.
+ *
+ * This code is released under the libpng license.
+ * For conditions of distribution and use, see the disclaimer
+ * and license in png.h
+ */
+
+#include "../pngpriv.h"
+
+#if PNG_ARM_NEON_IMPLEMENTATION == 1
+
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+
+/* Build an RGBA palette from the RGB and separate alpha palettes. */
+void
+png_riffle_palette_rgba(png_structrp png_ptr, png_row_infop row_info)
+{
+   png_const_colorp palette = png_ptr->palette;
+   png_bytep riffled_palette = png_ptr->riffled_palette;
+   png_const_bytep trans_alpha = png_ptr->trans_alpha;
+   int num_trans = png_ptr->num_trans;
+
+   if (row_info->bit_depth != 8) {
+      png_error(png_ptr, "bit_depth must be 8 for png_riffle_palette_rgba");
+      return;
+   }
+
+   /* Initially black, opaque. */
+   uint8x16x4_t w = {{
+      vdupq_n_u8(0x00),
+      vdupq_n_u8(0x00),
+      vdupq_n_u8(0x00),
+      vdupq_n_u8(0xff),
+   }};
+
+   int i;
+   /* First, riffle the RGB colours into a RGBA palette, the A value is
+    * set to opaque for now. */
+   for (i = 0; i < (1 << row_info->bit_depth); i += 16) {
+      uint8x16x3_t v = vld3q_u8((png_const_bytep)(palette + i));
+      w.val[0] = v.val[0];
+      w.val[1] = v.val[1];
+      w.val[2] = v.val[2];
+      vst4q_u8(riffled_palette + (i << 2), w);
+   }
+
+   /* Fix up the missing transparency values. */
+   for (i = 0; i < num_trans; i++) {
+      riffled_palette[(i << 2) + 3] = trans_alpha[i];
+   }
+}
+
+
+/* Expands a palettized row into RGBA. */
+int
+png_do_expand_palette_neon_rgba(png_structrp png_ptr, png_row_infop row_info,
+   png_const_bytep row, const png_bytepp ssp, const png_bytepp ddp)
+{
+
+   png_uint_32 row_width = row_info->width;
+   const png_uint_32 *riffled_palette = (const png_uint_32*)png_ptr->riffled_palette;
+   const png_int_32 pixels_per_chunk = 4;
+
+   if (row_width < pixels_per_chunk) {
+      return 0;
+   }
+
+   /* This function originally gets the last byte of the output row.
+      The NEON part writes forward from a given position, so we have
+      to seek this back by 4 pixels x 4 bytes. */
+   *ddp = *ddp - ((pixels_per_chunk * sizeof(png_uint_32)) - 1);
+
+   int i;
+   for (i = 0; i < row_width; i += pixels_per_chunk) {
+      uint32x4_t cur;
+      png_bytep sp = *ssp - i, dp = *ddp - (i << 2);
+      cur = vld1q_dup_u32 (riffled_palette + *(sp - 3));
+      cur = vld1q_lane_u32(riffled_palette + *(sp - 2), cur, 1);
+      cur = vld1q_lane_u32(riffled_palette + *(sp - 1), cur, 2);
+      cur = vld1q_lane_u32(riffled_palette + *(sp - 0), cur, 3);
+      vst1q_u32((void *)dp, cur);
+   }
+   if (i != row_width) {
+      i -= pixels_per_chunk; /* Remove the amount that wasn't processed. */
+   }
+
+   /* Decrement output pointers. */
+   *ssp = *ssp - i;
+   *ddp = *ddp - (i << 2);
+   return i;
+}
+
+/* Expands a palettized row into RGB format. */
+int
+png_do_expand_palette_neon_rgb(png_structrp png_ptr, png_row_infop row_info,
+   png_const_bytep row, const png_bytepp ssp, const png_bytepp ddp)
+{
+   png_uint_32 row_width = row_info->width;
+   png_const_bytep palette = (png_const_bytep)png_ptr->palette;
+   const png_uint_32 pixels_per_chunk = 8;
+
+   if (row_width <= pixels_per_chunk) {
+      return 0;
+   }
+
+   /* Seeking this back by 8 pixels x 3 bytes. */
+   *ddp = *ddp - ((pixels_per_chunk * sizeof(png_color)) - 1);
+
+   int i;
+   for (i = 0; i < row_width; i += pixels_per_chunk) {
+      uint8x8x3_t cur;
+      png_bytep sp = *ssp - i, dp = *ddp - ((i << 1) + i);
+      cur = vld3_dup_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 7)));
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 6)), cur, 1);
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 5)), cur, 2);
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 4)), cur, 3);
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 3)), cur, 4);
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 2)), cur, 5);
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 1)), cur, 6);
+      cur = vld3_lane_u8(palette + sizeof(png_color) * (*(sp - 0)), cur, 7);
+      vst3_u8((void *)dp, cur);
+   }
+
+   if (i != row_width) {
+      i -= pixels_per_chunk; /* Remove the amount that wasn't processed. */
+   }
+
+   /* Decrement output pointers. */
+   *ssp = *ssp - i;
+   *ddp = *ddp - ((i << 1) + i);
+   return i;
+}
+
+#endif /* PNG_ARM_NEON_IMPLEMENTATION */
diff --git a/pngpriv.h b/pngpriv.h
index a23febb..973c3ea 100644
--- a/pngpriv.h
+++ b/pngpriv.h
@@ -2117,6 +2117,29 @@
 PNG_INTERNAL_FUNCTION(png_uint_32, png_check_keyword, (png_structrp png_ptr,
    png_const_charp key, png_bytep new_key), PNG_EMPTY);
 
+#if PNG_ARM_NEON_IMPLEMENTATION == 1
+PNG_INTERNAL_FUNCTION(void,
+                      png_riffle_palette_rgba,
+                      (png_structrp, png_row_infop),
+                      PNG_EMPTY);
+PNG_INTERNAL_FUNCTION(int,
+                      png_do_expand_palette_neon_rgba,
+                      (png_structrp,
+                       png_row_infop,
+                       png_const_bytep,
+                       const png_bytepp,
+                       const png_bytepp),
+                      PNG_EMPTY);
+PNG_INTERNAL_FUNCTION(int,
+                      png_do_expand_palette_neon_rgb,
+                      (png_structrp,
+                       png_row_infop,
+                       png_const_bytep,
+                       const png_bytepp,
+                       const png_bytepp),
+                      PNG_EMPTY);
+#endif
+
 /* Maintainer: Put new private prototypes here ^ */
 
 #include "pngdebug.h"
diff --git a/pngrtran.c b/pngrtran.c
index 6b9b720..292843d 100644
--- a/pngrtran.c
+++ b/pngrtran.c
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 
 #include "pngpriv.h"
 
+#ifdef PNG_ARM_NEON_IMPLEMENTATION
+#if PNG_ARM_NEON_IMPLEMENTATION == 1
+#define PNG_ARM_NEON_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef PNG_READ_SUPPORTED
 
 /* Set the action on getting a CRC error for an ancillary or critical chunk. */
@@ -4195,8 +4202,9 @@
  * upon whether you supply trans and num_trans.
  */
 static void
-png_do_expand_palette(png_row_infop row_info, png_bytep row,
-    png_const_colorp palette, png_const_bytep trans_alpha, int num_trans)
+png_do_expand_palette(png_structrp png_ptr, png_row_infop row_info,
+   png_bytep row, png_const_colorp palette, png_const_bytep trans_alpha,
+   int num_trans)
 {
    int shift, value;
    png_bytep sp, dp;
@@ -4300,14 +4308,22 @@
                sp = row + (size_t)row_width - 1;
                dp = row + ((size_t)row_width << 2) - 1;
 
-               for (i = 0; i < row_width; i++)
+               i = 0;
+#ifdef PNG_ARM_NEON_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE
+               if (png_ptr->riffled_palette != NULL) {
+                  /* The RGBA optimization works with png_ptr->bit_depth == 8
+                     but sometimes row_info->bit_depth has been changed to 8.
+                     In these cases, the palette hasn't been riffled. */
+                  i = png_do_expand_palette_neon_rgba(png_ptr, row_info, row, &sp, &dp);
+               }
+#endif
+
+               for (; i < row_width; i++)
                {
                   if ((int)(*sp) >= num_trans)
                      *dp-- = 0xff;
-
                   else
                      *dp-- = trans_alpha[*sp];
-
                   *dp-- = palette[*sp].blue;
                   *dp-- = palette[*sp].green;
                   *dp-- = palette[*sp].red;
@@ -4324,8 +4340,12 @@
             {
                sp = row + (size_t)row_width - 1;
                dp = row + (size_t)(row_width * 3) - 1;
+               i = 0;
+#ifdef PNG_ARM_NEON_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE
+               i = png_do_expand_palette_neon_rgb(png_ptr, row_info, row, &sp, &dp);
+#endif
 
-               for (i = 0; i < row_width; i++)
+               for (; i < row_width; i++)
                {
                   *dp-- = palette[*sp].blue;
                   *dp-- = palette[*sp].green;
@@ -4739,8 +4759,21 @@
    {
       if (row_info->color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_PALETTE)
       {
-         png_do_expand_palette(row_info, png_ptr->row_buf + 1,
-             png_ptr->palette, png_ptr->trans_alpha, png_ptr->num_trans);
+#ifdef PNG_ARM_NEON_INTRINSICS_AVAILABLE
+       if ((png_ptr->num_trans > 0) && (png_ptr->bit_depth == 8)) {
+          /* Allocate space for the decompressed full palette. */
+          if (png_ptr->riffled_palette == NULL) {
+              png_ptr->riffled_palette = png_malloc(png_ptr, 256*4);
+              if (png_ptr->riffled_palette == NULL) {
+                  png_error(png_ptr, "NULL row buffer");
+              }
+              /* Build the RGBA palette. */
+              png_riffle_palette_rgba(png_ptr, row_info);
+          }
+       }
+#endif
+         png_do_expand_palette(png_ptr, row_info, png_ptr->row_buf + 1,
+            png_ptr->palette, png_ptr->trans_alpha, png_ptr->num_trans);
       }
 
       else
diff --git a/pngstruct.h b/pngstruct.h
index d576031..94a6d04 100644
--- a/pngstruct.h
+++ b/pngstruct.h
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@
                                * big_row_buf; while writing it is separately
                                * allocated.
                                */
+#ifdef PNG_READ_EXPAND_SUPPORTED
+   /* Buffer to accelerate palette transformations. */
+   png_bytep riffled_palette;
+#endif
 #ifdef PNG_WRITE_FILTER_SUPPORTED
    png_bytep try_row;    /* buffer to save trial row when filtering */
    png_bytep tst_row;    /* buffer to save best trial row when filtering */
diff --git a/pngwrite.c b/pngwrite.c
index 98bce0e..160c877 100644
--- a/pngwrite.c
+++ b/pngwrite.c
@@ -948,6 +948,10 @@
    png_free_buffer_list(png_ptr, &png_ptr->zbuffer_list);
    png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->row_buf);
    png_ptr->row_buf = NULL;
+#ifdef PNG_READ_EXPANDED_SUPPORTED
+   png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->riffled_palette);
+   png_ptr->riffled_palette = NULL;
+#endif
 #ifdef PNG_WRITE_FILTER_SUPPORTED
    png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->prev_row);
    png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->try_row);