diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c0f476b86..2f3fcc3291 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     Bug #4877: Startup script executes only on a new game start
     Bug #4888: Global variable stray explicit reference calls break script compilation
     Bug #4911: Editor: QOpenGLContext::swapBuffers() warning with Qt5
+    Bug #4916: Specular power (shininess) material parameter is ignored when shaders are used.
     Feature #2229: Improve pathfinding AI
     Feature #3442: Default values for fallbacks from ini file
     Feature #3610: Option to invert X axis
diff --git a/files/shaders/lighting.glsl b/files/shaders/lighting.glsl
index 90d849472b..6de34bc075 100644
--- a/files/shaders/lighting.glsl
+++ b/files/shaders/lighting.glsl
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ vec3 getSpecular(vec3 viewNormal, vec3 viewDirection, float shininess, vec3 matS
     if (NdotL < 0.0)
         return vec3(0.,0.,0.);
     vec3 halfVec = normalize(lightDir - viewDirection);
-    return pow(max(dot(viewNormal, halfVec), 0.0), 128.) * gl_LightSource[0].specular.xyz * matSpec;
+    return pow(max(dot(viewNormal, halfVec), 0.0), shininess) * gl_LightSource[0].specular.xyz * matSpec;
 }