diff --git a/tools/shaderc/shaderc.cpp b/tools/shaderc/shaderc.cpp
index 1edfccd37..b4d8e9262 100644
--- a/tools/shaderc/shaderc.cpp
+++ b/tools/shaderc/shaderc.cpp
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 					bx::snprintf(&hex[hexPos], sizeof(hex)-hexPos, "0x%02x, ", data[asciiPos]);
 					hexPos += 6;
 
-					ascii[asciiPos] = isprint(data[asciiPos]) && data[asciiPos] != '\\' ? data[asciiPos] : '.';
+					ascii[asciiPos] = isprint(data[asciiPos]) && data[asciiPos] != '\\'  && data[asciiPos] != '\t' ? data[asciiPos] : '.';
 					asciiPos++;
 
 					if (HEX_DUMP_WIDTH == asciiPos)