diff --git a/repak/src/entry.rs b/repak/src/entry.rs
index dc05d84..184dee6 100644
--- a/repak/src/entry.rs
+++ b/repak/src/entry.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ impl Entry {
         compression: &[Compression],
         #[allow(unused)] key: &super::Key,
         buf: &mut W,
+        #[allow(unused)] oodle: super::Oodle,
     ) -> Result<(), super::Error> {
         reader.seek(io::SeekFrom::Start(self.offset))?;
         Entry::read(reader, version)?;
@@ -376,9 +377,9 @@ impl Entry {
             }
             #[cfg(feature = "oodle")]
             Some(Compression::Oodle) => unsafe {
-                // #[allow(non_snake_case)]
-                // #[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
-                // let OodleLZ_Decompress = lib.get(b"OodleLZ_Decompress").unwrap();
+                let super::Oodle::Some(oodle) = oodle else {
+                    return Err(super::Error::OodleFailed);
+                };
                 let mut decompressed = vec![0; self.uncompressed as usize];
 
                 let mut compress_offset = 0;
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ impl Entry {
                             .min(self.uncompressed as usize - compress_offset)
                     };
                     let buffer = &mut data[range];
-                    let out = OodleLZ_Decompress(
+                    let out = oodle(
                         buffer.as_mut_ptr(),
                         buffer.len(),
                         decompressed.as_mut_ptr().offset(decompress_offset),
@@ -415,7 +416,7 @@ impl Entry {
                     decompress_offset += out as isize;
                 }
 
-                assert_eq!(
+                debug_assert_eq!(
                     decompress_offset, self.uncompressed as isize,
                     "Oodle decompression length mismatch"
                 );
diff --git a/repak/src/error.rs b/repak/src/error.rs
index 29a7642..f023917 100644
--- a/repak/src/error.rs
+++ b/repak/src/error.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("enable the encryption feature to read encrypted paks")]
     Encryption,
 
-    #[cfg_attr(
-        windows,
-        error("enable the oodle feature to read Oodle compressed paks")
-    )]
-    #[cfg_attr(
-        not(windows),
-        error("Oodle compression only supported on Windows (or WINE)")
-    )]
+    #[error("enable the oodle feature to read Oodle compressed paks")]
     Oodle,
 
     // std errors
@@ -39,10 +32,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("utf16 conversion: {0}")]
     Utf16(#[from] std::string::FromUtf16Error),
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "oodle")]
-    #[error("ureq error: {0}")]
-    Ureq(#[from] Box<ureq::Error>), // boxed because ureq::Error is quite large
-
     #[error("bufwriter dereference: {0}")]
     IntoInner(#[from] std::io::IntoInnerError<std::io::BufWriter<Vec<u8>>>),
 
@@ -53,7 +42,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("found magic of {0:#x} instead of {:#x}", super::MAGIC)]
     Magic(u32),
 
-    #[error("Could not load oo2core_9_win64.dll")]
+    #[error("pointer to OodleLZ_Decompress was not provided")]
     OodleFailed,
 
     #[error("No entry found at {0}")]
diff --git a/repak/src/lib.rs b/repak/src/lib.rs
index 18f942e..eabf15c 100644
--- a/repak/src/lib.rs
+++ b/repak/src/lib.rs
@@ -151,3 +151,14 @@ impl From<aes::Aes256> for Key {
         Self::Some(value)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "oodle")]
+pub(crate) enum Oodle<'func> {
+    Some(&'func DECOMPRESS),
+    None,
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "oodle"))]
+pub(crate) enum Oodle {
+    None,
+}
diff --git a/repak/src/pak.rs b/repak/src/pak.rs
index 0452a84..bdaf5b8 100644
--- a/repak/src/pak.rs
+++ b/repak/src/pak.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,18 @@ impl PakReader {
         Ok(data)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "oodle")]
+    pub fn get_with_oodle<R: Read + Seek>(
+        &self,
+        path: &str,
+        reader: &mut R,
+        oodle: &super::DECOMPRESS,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, super::Error> {
+        let mut data = Vec::new();
+        self.read_file_with_oodle(path, reader, &mut data, oodle)?;
+        Ok(data)
+    }
+
     pub fn read_file<R: Read + Seek, W: Write>(
         &self,
         path: &str,
@@ -193,6 +205,28 @@ impl PakReader {
                 &self.pak.compression,
                 &self.key,
                 writer,
+                super::Oodle::None,
+            ),
+            None => Err(super::Error::MissingEntry(path.to_owned())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "oodle")]
+    pub fn read_file_with_oodle<R: Read + Seek, W: Write>(
+        &self,
+        path: &str,
+        reader: &mut R,
+        writer: &mut W,
+        oodle: &super::DECOMPRESS,
+    ) -> Result<(), super::Error> {
+        match self.pak.index.entries().get(path) {
+            Some(entry) => entry.read_file(
+                reader,
+                self.pak.version,
+                &self.pak.compression,
+                &self.key,
+                writer,
+                super::Oodle::Some(oodle),
             ),
             None => Err(super::Error::MissingEntry(path.to_owned())),
         }