diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.c b/filesystem/filesystem.c
index 3fe14d7c..81883241 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.c
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.c
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ static char			fs_gamedir[MAX_SYSPATH];	// game current directory
 // so raw WADs takes precedence over WADs included into PAKs and PK3s
 const fs_archive_t g_archives[] =
 {
-{ "pak", SEARCHPATH_PAK, FS_AddPak_Fullpath, true },
-{ "pk3", SEARCHPATH_ZIP, FS_AddZip_Fullpath, true },
-{ "wad", SEARCHPATH_WAD, FS_AddWad_Fullpath, false },
+{ "pak",    SEARCHPATH_PAK,    FS_AddPak_Fullpath, true },
+{ "pk3",    SEARCHPATH_ZIP,    FS_AddZip_Fullpath, true },
+{ "pk3dir", SEARCHPATH_PK3DIR, FS_AddDir_Fullpath, true },
+{ "wad",    SEARCHPATH_WAD,    FS_AddWad_Fullpath, false },
 { NULL }, // end marker
 };
 
diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h b/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h
index 5b741e54..29e78f2a 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem_internal.h
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ enum
 	SEARCHPATH_PLAIN = 0,
 	SEARCHPATH_PAK,
 	SEARCHPATH_WAD,
-	SEARCHPATH_ZIP
+	SEARCHPATH_ZIP,
+	SEARCHPATH_PK3DIR, // it's actually a plain directory but it must behave like a ZIP archive
 };
 
 typedef struct stringlist_s