diff --git a/small3dlib.h b/small3dlib.h
index 8ef3cce..43f0382 100644
--- a/small3dlib.h
+++ b/small3dlib.h
@@ -1196,9 +1196,11 @@ void S3L_drawTriangle(
   p.modelID = modelID;
   p.triangleID = triangleID;
 
+#if !S3L_STRICT_NEAR_CULLING
   point0.z = point0.z >= S3L_NEAR ? point0.z : S3L_NEAR;
   point1.z = point1.z >= S3L_NEAR ? point1.z : S3L_NEAR;
   point2.z = point2.z >= S3L_NEAR ? point2.z : S3L_NEAR;
+#endif
 
   S3L_Vec4 *tPointPP, *lPointPP, *rPointPP; /* points in projction plane space
                                                (in Units, normalized by
diff --git a/testSDL.c b/testSDL.c
index ea75d54..f35abef 100644
--- a/testSDL.c
+++ b/testSDL.c
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 //#define S3L_PRESET_HIGHEST_QUALITY
 
-#define S3L_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION 1
-#define S3L_Z_BUFFER 1
-#define S3L_SORT 0
+#define S3L_STRICT_NEAR_CULLING 0
+#define S3L_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION 0
+#define S3L_SORT 1
+#define S3L_Z_BUFFER 0
 
 #define S3L_PIXEL_FUNCTION drawPixel