diff --git a/codegen/templates/quat.rs b/codegen/templates/quat.rs
index e89bec94..3100b17d 100644
--- a/codegen/templates/quat.rs
+++ b/codegen/templates/quat.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ use core::arch::wasm32::*;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
 use core::fmt;
 use core::iter::{Product, Sum};
-use core::ops::{Add, Deref, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
+use core::ops::{
+    {% if not is_scalar %}
+        Deref, DerefMut,
+    {% endif %}
+    Add, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub
+};
 
 {% if is_sse2 %}
 union UnionCast {
@@ -90,10 +95,10 @@ pub const fn {{ self_t | lower }}(x: {{ scalar_t }}, y: {{ scalar_t }}, z: {{ sc
 #[cfg_attr(not(any(feature = "scalar-math", target_arch = "spirv")), repr(C, align(16)))]
 {%- endif %}
 pub struct {{ self_t }}{
-    x: {{ scalar_t }},
-    y: {{ scalar_t }},
-    z: {{ scalar_t }},
-    w: {{ scalar_t }},
+    pub x: {{ scalar_t }},
+    pub y: {{ scalar_t }},
+    pub z: {{ scalar_t }},
+    pub w: {{ scalar_t }},
 }
 {%- else %}
 #[repr(transparent)]
@@ -1135,7 +1140,6 @@ impl From<{{ self_t }}> for {{ simd_t }} {
         {% endif %}
     }
 }
-{% endif %}
 
 impl Deref for {{ self_t }} {
     type Target = crate::deref::Vec4<{{ scalar_t }}>;
@@ -1145,3 +1149,10 @@ impl Deref for {{ self_t }} {
     }
 }
 
+impl DerefMut for {{ self_t }} {
+    #[inline]
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        unsafe { &mut *(self as *mut Self).cast() }
+    }
+}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/src/f32/scalar/quat.rs b/src/f32/scalar/quat.rs
index 07f3b167..c4360c11 100644
--- a/src/f32/scalar/quat.rs
+++ b/src/f32/scalar/quat.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use num_traits::Float;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
 use core::fmt;
 use core::iter::{Product, Sum};
-use core::ops::{Add, Deref, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
+use core::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
 
 /// Creates a quaternion from `x`, `y`, `z` and `w` values.
 ///
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ pub const fn quat(x: f32, y: f32, z: f32, w: f32) -> Quat {
     repr(C, align(16))
 )]
 pub struct Quat {
-    x: f32,
-    y: f32,
-    z: f32,
-    w: f32,
+    pub x: f32,
+    pub y: f32,
+    pub z: f32,
+    pub w: f32,
 }
 
 impl Quat {
@@ -844,11 +844,3 @@ impl From<Quat> for [f32; 4] {
         [q.x, q.y, q.z, q.w]
     }
 }
-
-impl Deref for Quat {
-    type Target = crate::deref::Vec4<f32>;
-    #[inline]
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast() }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/f32/sse2/quat.rs b/src/f32/sse2/quat.rs
index 82d2905f..78112747 100644
--- a/src/f32/sse2/quat.rs
+++ b/src/f32/sse2/quat.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use core::arch::x86_64::*;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
 use core::fmt;
 use core::iter::{Product, Sum};
-use core::ops::{Add, Deref, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
+use core::ops::{Add, Deref, DerefMut, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
 
 union UnionCast {
     a: [f32; 4],
@@ -909,3 +909,10 @@ impl Deref for Quat {
         unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast() }
     }
 }
+
+impl DerefMut for Quat {
+    #[inline]
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        unsafe { &mut *(self as *mut Self).cast() }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/f32/wasm32/quat.rs b/src/f32/wasm32/quat.rs
index 8e0bf8ba..5ccef684 100644
--- a/src/f32/wasm32/quat.rs
+++ b/src/f32/wasm32/quat.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use core::arch::wasm32::*;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
 use core::fmt;
 use core::iter::{Product, Sum};
-use core::ops::{Add, Deref, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
+use core::ops::{Add, Deref, DerefMut, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
 
 /// Creates a quaternion from `x`, `y`, `z` and `w` values.
 ///
@@ -899,3 +899,10 @@ impl Deref for Quat {
         unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast() }
     }
 }
+
+impl DerefMut for Quat {
+    #[inline]
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        unsafe { &mut *(self as *mut Self).cast() }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/f64/dquat.rs b/src/f64/dquat.rs
index c20a34ea..ed141f08 100644
--- a/src/f64/dquat.rs
+++ b/src/f64/dquat.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use num_traits::Float;
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "spirv"))]
 use core::fmt;
 use core::iter::{Product, Sum};
-use core::ops::{Add, Deref, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
+use core::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Sub};
 
 /// Creates a quaternion from `x`, `y`, `z` and `w` values.
 ///
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ pub const fn dquat(x: f64, y: f64, z: f64, w: f64) -> DQuat {
 /// operations are applied.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub struct DQuat {
-    x: f64,
-    y: f64,
-    z: f64,
-    w: f64,
+    pub x: f64,
+    pub y: f64,
+    pub z: f64,
+    pub w: f64,
 }
 
 impl DQuat {
@@ -826,11 +826,3 @@ impl From<DQuat> for [f64; 4] {
         [q.x, q.y, q.z, q.w]
     }
 }
-
-impl Deref for DQuat {
-    type Target = crate::deref::Vec4<f64>;
-    #[inline]
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        unsafe { &*(self as *const Self).cast() }
-    }
-}