diff --git a/src/Hooks.cpp b/src/Hooks.cpp
index eef88299cb..767ab92288 100644
--- a/src/Hooks.cpp
+++ b/src/Hooks.cpp
@@ -586,6 +586,31 @@ namespace Hooks
 		static inline REL::Relocation<decltype(thunk)> func;
 	};
 
+	// kNORMAL_TAAMASK_SSRMASK and its swap need UAV bind because DeferredCompositeCS
+	// writes vanilla-encoded normals through UAV1 (`normals.UAV` in Deferred::DeferredPasses),
+	// which feeds the post-pass vanilla SSAO chain (ISSAORawAO -> ISSAOComposite). Without
+	// these hooks the UAV is null, the CS write is silently dropped, and vanilla SSAO reads
+	// uninitialized data and produces hard wedge-shaped shadow artifacts.
+	struct CreateRenderTarget_Normals
+	{
+		static void thunk(RE::BSGraphics::Renderer* This, RE::RENDER_TARGETS::RENDER_TARGET a_target, RE::BSGraphics::RenderTargetProperties* a_properties)
+		{
+			globals::state->ModifyRenderTarget(a_target, a_properties);
+			func(This, a_target, a_properties);
+		}
+		static inline REL::Relocation<decltype(thunk)> func;
+	};
+
+	struct CreateRenderTarget_NormalsSwap
+	{
+		static void thunk(RE::BSGraphics::Renderer* This, RE::RENDER_TARGETS::RENDER_TARGET a_target, RE::BSGraphics::RenderTargetProperties* a_properties)
+		{
+			globals::state->ModifyRenderTarget(a_target, a_properties);
+			func(This, a_target, a_properties);
+		}
+		static inline REL::Relocation<decltype(thunk)> func;
+	};
+
 	struct CreateRenderTarget_MotionVectors
 	{
 		static void thunk(RE::BSGraphics::Renderer* This, RE::RENDER_TARGETS::RENDER_TARGET a_target, RE::BSGraphics::RenderTargetProperties* a_properties)
@@ -952,6 +977,8 @@ namespace Hooks
 
 		logger::info("Hooking BSShaderRenderTargets::Create::CreateRenderTarget(s)");
 		stl::write_thunk_call<CreateRenderTarget_Main>(REL::RelocationID(100458, 107175).address() + REL::Relocate(0x3F0, 0x3F3, 0x548));
+		stl::write_thunk_call<CreateRenderTarget_Normals>(REL::RelocationID(100458, 107175).address() + REL::Relocate(0x458, 0x45B, 0x5B0));
+		stl::write_thunk_call<CreateRenderTarget_NormalsSwap>(REL::RelocationID(100458, 107175).address() + REL::Relocate(0x46B, 0x46E, 0x5C3));
 		stl::write_thunk_call<CreateRenderTarget_MotionVectors>(REL::RelocationID(100458, 107175).address() + REL::Relocate(0x4F0, 0x4EF, 0x64E));
 
 		stl::write_thunk_call<CreateRenderTarget_RefractionNormals>(REL::RelocationID(100458, 107175).address() + REL::Relocate(0x503, 0x502, 0x661));