diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class1/deferred/materialF.glsl b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class1/deferred/materialF.glsl
index 9b2d30882449d99ebeb8d8145da633da6625d731..8d89485e2238a88d8cbe485a07a4f0ed48a69348 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class1/deferred/materialF.glsl
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class1/deferred/materialF.glsl
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ VARYING vec2 vary_texcoord2;
 #endif
 
 uniform float env_intensity;
-uniform vec4 specular_color;
+uniform vec4 specular_color;  // specular color RGB and specular exponent (glossiness) in alpha
 
 #if (DIFFUSE_ALPHA_MODE == DIFFUSE_ALPHA_MODE_MASK)
 uniform float minimum_alpha;
@@ -461,9 +461,10 @@ void main()
 #endif
 
 #if HAS_SPECULAR_MAP
-	vec4 spec = texture2D(specularMap, vary_texcoord2.xy)*specular_color;
+	vec4 spec = texture2D(specularMap, vary_texcoord2.xy);
+	spec.rgb *= specular_color.rgb;
 #else
-	vec4 spec = specular_color;
+	vec4 spec = vec4(specular_color.rgb, 1.0);
 #endif
 
 #if HAS_NORMAL_MAP
@@ -492,7 +493,7 @@ void main()
 
 	vec4 final_specular = spec;
 #if HAS_SPECULAR_MAP
-	vec4 final_normal = vec4(encode_normal(normalize(tnorm)), min(spec.a, env_intensity), 0.0);
+	vec4 final_normal = vec4(encode_normal(normalize(tnorm)), env_intensity * spec.a, 0.0);
 	final_specular.a = specular_color.a * norm.a;
 #else
 	vec4 final_normal = vec4(encode_normal(normalize(tnorm)), env_intensity, 0.0);
diff --git a/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp b/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp
index fa9e6f949fb7c86ea9765f7ff6dd19e6bcbd8884..075299386e70a039a0389425130ab93c1e2e79f6 100755
--- a/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lldrawpoolavatar.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ S32 LLDrawPoolAvatar::sDiffuseChannel = 0;
 
 
 static bool is_deferred_render = false;
+static bool is_post_deferred_render = false;
 
 extern BOOL gUseGLPick;
 
@@ -377,7 +378,9 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderPostDeferred(S32 pass)
 		p -= 2;
 	}
 
+	is_post_deferred_render = true;
 	render(p);
+	is_post_deferred_render = false;
 }
 
 
@@ -1273,6 +1276,22 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderAvatars(LLVOAvatar* single_avatar, S32 pass)
 		else
 		{
 			renderRiggedSimple(avatarp);
+
+			if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred)
+			{ //render "simple" materials
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_MATERIAL);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_MATERIAL_ALPHA_MASK);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_MATERIAL_ALPHA_EMISSIVE);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMMAP);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMMAP_MASK);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMMAP_EMISSIVE);	
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_SPECMAP);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_SPECMAP_MASK);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_SPECMAP_EMISSIVE);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMSPEC);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMSPEC_MASK);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMSPEC_EMISSIVE);
+			}
 		}
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1311,6 +1330,7 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderAvatars(LLVOAvatar* single_avatar, S32 pass)
 	if (pass == 5)
 	{
 		renderRiggedShinySimple(avatarp);
+				
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1325,6 +1345,24 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderAvatars(LLVOAvatar* single_avatar, S32 pass)
 		if (pass == 7)
 		{
 			renderRiggedAlpha(avatarp);
+
+			if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred && !is_post_deferred_render)
+			{ //render transparent materials under water
+				LLGLEnable blend(GL_BLEND);
+
+				gGL.setColorMask(true, true);
+				gGL.blendFunc(LLRender::BF_SOURCE_ALPHA,
+								LLRender::BF_ONE_MINUS_SOURCE_ALPHA,
+								LLRender::BF_ZERO,
+								LLRender::BF_ONE_MINUS_SOURCE_ALPHA);
+
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_MATERIAL_ALPHA);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_SPECMAP_BLEND);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMMAP_BLEND);
+				renderRigged(avatarp, RIGGED_NORMSPEC_BLEND);
+
+				gGL.setColorMask(true, false);
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -1334,7 +1372,7 @@ void LLDrawPoolAvatar::renderAvatars(LLVOAvatar* single_avatar, S32 pass)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred)
+		if (LLPipeline::sRenderDeferred && is_post_deferred_render)
 		{
 			S32 p = 0;
 			switch (pass)
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewershadermgr.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewershadermgr.cpp
index 9284fb158787f2091f5c2536e7d68cf1bde4e815..9e2a0d74dbf960c72229f95397f8baff70ce70fb 100755
--- a/indra/newview/llviewershadermgr.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewershadermgr.cpp
@@ -2581,7 +2581,6 @@ BOOL LLViewerShaderMgr::loadShadersObject()
 			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mFeatures.hasWaterFog = true;
 			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mShaderGroup = LLGLSLShader::SG_WATER;
 			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mFeatures.hasObjectSkinning = true;
-			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mFeatures.hasAlphaMask = true;
 			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mFeatures.disableTextureIndex = true;
 			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mShaderFiles.clear();
 			gSkinnedObjectSimpleWaterProgram.mShaderFiles.push_back(make_pair("objects/simpleSkinnedV.glsl", GL_VERTEX_SHADER_ARB));