diff --git a/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.frag b/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.frag
index adf3f5b018f..766e6c9e91b 100644
--- a/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.frag
+++ b/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.frag
@@ -2,18 +2,29 @@
 // {{GLSL VERSION}}
 // {{GLSL_EXTENSIONS}}
 
-in vec3 f_normal;
-in vec3 f_uvw;
+struct Nothing{ //Nothing type, to encode if some variable doesn't contain any data
+    bool _; //empty structs are not allowed
+};
+
+// Sets which shading procedures to use
+{{shading}}
+
+in vec3 o_normal;
+in vec3 o_uvw;
 
 uniform isampler3D voxel_id;
 uniform uint objectid;
 
 void write2framebuffer(vec4 color, uvec2 id);
 
+#ifndef NO_SHADING
+vec3 illuminate(vec3 normal, vec3 base_color);
+#endif
+
 void main()
 {
     // grab voxel id
-    uint id = uint(texture(voxel_id, f_uvw).x);
+    uint id = uint(texture(voxel_id, o_uvw).x);
 
     // id is invisible so we simply discard
     if (id == uint(0)) {
@@ -21,18 +32,21 @@ void main()
     }
 
     // otherwise we draw. For now just some color...
-    vec4 color = vec4(
+    vec3 color = vec3(
         float((id & uint(225)) >> uint(5)) / 5.0,
         float((id & uint(25)) >> uint(3)) / 3.0,
-        float((id & uint(7)) >> uint(1)) / 3.0,
-        1.0
+        float((id & uint(7)) >> uint(1)) / 3.0
     );
 
+    #ifndef NO_SHADING
+    color = illuminate(o_normal, color);
+    #endif
+
     // TODO: index into 3d array
     uvec3 size = uvec3(textureSize(voxel_id, 0).xyz);
-    uvec3 idx = uvec3(f_uvw * size);
+    uvec3 idx = uvec3(o_uvw * size);
     uint lin = uint(1) + idx.x + size.x * (idx.y + size.y * idx.z);
 
     // draw
-    write2framebuffer(color, uvec2(objectid, lin));
+    write2framebuffer(vec4(color, 1.0), uvec2(objectid, lin));
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.vert b/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.vert
index 92320fb87fa..6cc5fbc5943 100644
--- a/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.vert
+++ b/GLMakie/assets/shader/voxel.vert
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 
 in vec2 vertices;
 
-flat out vec3 f_normal;
-out vec3 f_uvw;
+flat out vec3 o_normal;
+out vec3 o_uvw;
+out vec3 o_camdir;
+out vec3 o_world_pos;
 
 uniform mat4 model;
 uniform mat3 world_normalmatrix;
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ void main() {
     vec3 displacement = id * unit_vecs[dim];
     vec3 voxel_pos = size * (orientations[dim] * vertices) + displacement;
     vec4 world_pos = model * vec4(voxel_pos, 1.0f);
+    o_world_pos = world_pos.xyz;
     gl_Position = projectionview * world_pos;
     gl_Position.z += gl_Position.w * depth_shift;
 
@@ -83,8 +86,8 @@ void main() {
     // If we assume the viewer to be outside of a voxel, the normal direction
     // should always be facing them. Thus:
     vec3 n = world_normalmatrix * unit_vecs[dim];
-    vec3 camdir = eyeposition - world_pos.xyz / world_pos.w;
-    f_normal = normalize(sign(dot(camdir, n)) * n);
+    o_camdir = eyeposition - world_pos.xyz / world_pos.w;
+    o_normal = normalize(sign(dot(o_camdir, n)) * n);
 
     // The texture coordinate can also be derived. `voxel_pos` effectively gives
     // an integer index into the chunk, shifted to be centered. We can convert
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ void main() {
     // | 1 | 2 | 0 |   v
     // If we shift in +normal direction (towards viewer) the planes would sample
     // from the id closer to the viewer, drawing a backface.
-    f_uvw = (voxel_pos - 0.5 * f_normal) / size + 0.5;
+    o_uvw = (voxel_pos - 0.5 * o_normal) / size + 0.5;
 
     // TODO:
     // - verify no missing faces (we are missing 3 planes I think, but that should be possible...)
diff --git a/GLMakie/src/glshaders/voxel.jl b/GLMakie/src/glshaders/voxel.jl
index cf28b04bd9e..6b5fb21883f 100644
--- a/GLMakie/src/glshaders/voxel.jl
+++ b/GLMakie/src/glshaders/voxel.jl
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ function draw_voxels(screen, main::VolumeTypes, data::Dict)
         voxel_id = main => Texture
         instances = const_lift(t -> sum(size(t)) + 3, voxel_id)
         model = Mat4f(I)
-        # modelinv = const_lift(inv, model)
         transparency = false
+        backlight = 0f0
         shader = GLVisualizeShader(
             screen,
             "voxel.vert",
-            "fragment_output.frag", "voxel.frag", # "lighting.frag", "volume.frag",
+            "fragment_output.frag", "voxel.frag", "lighting.frag",
             view = Dict(
-                # "shading" => light_calc(shading),
-                # "MAX_LIGHTS" => "#define MAX_LIGHTS $(screen.config.max_lights)",
-                # "MAX_LIGHT_PARAMETERS" => "#define MAX_LIGHT_PARAMETERS $(screen.config.max_light_parameters)",
+                "shading" => light_calc(shading),
+                "MAX_LIGHTS" => "#define MAX_LIGHTS $(screen.config.max_lights)",
+                "MAX_LIGHT_PARAMETERS" => "#define MAX_LIGHT_PARAMETERS $(screen.config.max_light_parameters)",
                 "buffers" => output_buffers(screen, to_value(transparency)),
                 "buffer_writes" => output_buffer_writes(screen, to_value(transparency))
             )